One-Two-GO Airlines
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| One-Two-GO Airlines วัน ทู โก แอร์ไลน์ |
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| IATA OG |
ICAO OTG |
Callsign THAI EXPRESS |
| Founded | 3 December 2003 | |
| Hubs | Don Mueang Int'l Airport | |
| Fleet size | 24 | |
| Destinations | 10 | |
| Parent company | Orient Thai Airlines | |
| Company slogan | Be truthful to be a pride of Thai | |
| Headquarters | Bangkok, Thailand | |
| Key people | Udom Tantiprasongchai (Chairman) | |
| Website: www.fly12go.com | ||
One-Two-GO Airlines (Thai: วัน-ทู-โก แอร์ไลน์) is a low-cost airline based in Bangkok, Thailand. It is the domestic subsidiary of Orient Thai Airlines. Orient Thai Airlines has been the source of safety complaints from Japanese and Korean civil aviation authorities. Its main base is Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok.[1] On 16 September 2007, a MD-82 aircraft of the airline crashed in Phuket killing 90 people, mostly foreign tourists in Thailand's deadliest aviation accident.
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[edit] History
The airline started operations on 3 December 2003[1] with a Bangkok-to-Chiang Mai service.
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269, an MD-82 flying from Bangkok with 123 passengers and seven crew members, crashed in strong winds and heavy rain after attempting to land at Phuket International Airport on 16 September 2007 The aircraft was mostly destroyed in the blazing inferno that soon developed after the crash as the fuselage tore in two. 90 people were killed. Most of the passengers were foreigners.[2] Officials stated that weather was a probable factor.[3] The parent company, Orient Thai, had been notified of safety issues in the past by both the Korean and Japanese aviation authorities [4].
[edit] Destinations
As of May 2007, One-Two-GO operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:[5]
Thailand
- Bangkok (Don Mueang International Airport) (base)
- Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport)[6]
- Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai International Airport)
- Chiang Rai (Chiang Rai International Airport)
- Hat Yai (Hat Yai International Airport)
- Krabi (Krabi Airport)
- Nakhon Si Thammarat (Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport)
- Phuket (Phuket International Airport)
- Surat Thani (Surat Thani Airport)
[edit] Fleet
As of September 2007, the One-Two-GO Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[7]
- 3 Boeing 747-100
- 1 Boeing 747-200
- 3 Boeing 747-300
- 5 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (3 as of Sept. 16, 2007)
- 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-83
- 4 McDonnell Douglas MD-81(4 order from Japan Airlines)
- 7 McDonnell Douglas MD-87(7 order from Japan Airlines)
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-10, p. 59.
- ^ BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Scores killed in Thai plane crash
- ^ Yahoo.com, Black boxes found in Thai plane crash
- ^ "[1]," The Australian
- ^ One-Two-GO Airlines domestic schedule
- ^ http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/03Sep2007_biz33.php
- ^ Airfleets.com One-Two-GO Airlines fleet details
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