Thai Smile
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Founded | 19 August 2011 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 7 July 2012 | ||||||
Hubs | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi | ||||||
Focus cities | Chiang Mai | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | Royal Orchid Plus | ||||||
Alliance | Star Alliance (Connecting Partner) | ||||||
Fleet size | 20 | ||||||
Destinations | 31 (updated as May 1, 2020) | ||||||
Parent company | Thai Airways | ||||||
Headquarters | 89 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand 10900 | ||||||
Key people | Charita Leelayudth | ||||||
Website | www |
Thai Smile Airways (Thai: ไทยสมายล์แอร์เวย์) is a Thai low-cost regional airline. It began operations in 2012 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Thai Airways.[1]
History
On 20 May 2011, the Thai Airways board announced plans to create a new lower-cost airline, at the time dubbed Thai Wings.[2][verification needed] The creation of the airline was announced by Ampon Kittiampon, the chairman of Thai's board of directors, on 19 August 2011.[3][verification needed] It is planned to begin operations in July 2012.[3] According to Ampon, THAI Smile is intended to serve the market gap between low-cost carriers and full service airlines.[3] The name THAI Smile was chosen from a pool of 2,229 entries in a contest to name the airline.[3]
According to an official at Thai Airways, THAI Smile is planned to begin showing an annual profit of about five million baht within two years of the start of operations.[3]
Destinations
Main article: List of Thai Airways destinations
The table on this section is to be relocated to List of Thai Airways destinations.
As of June 2020[update] THAI Smile flies to 10 destinations in Thailand and 21 destinations in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, India.[4]
THAI Smile Flight Pass[5]
THAI Smile has a partnership with USA based Optiontown to run a prepaid flight subscription platform called Flight Pass, which enables customers to pre-purchase THAI Smile flights to one or more destinations at the best available price and decide when they want to travel at a later date.
Fleet
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As of 31 May 2020, THAI Smile's fleet consists of the following aircraft:[6]
Aircraft | Config | In Service | Orders | Seating Class | Note | ||
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U | Y | Total | |||||
Airbus A320-200 | 320 | 6 | — | 12 | 156 | 168 | |
32S | 14 | — | 150 | 162 | |||
Total | 20 | — |
Sponsorship
Thai Smile Airways is currently an official sponsor of Thai Honda Ladkrabang and Ratchaburi Mitr Phol.,[7][8]
References
- ^ "Thai Smile focuses on turning around unprofitable Thai Airways routes as new AOC is secured". Centre for Aviation (CAPA). 3 April 2014.
- ^ "THAI to launch new budget airline". Bangkok Post. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "THAI sister airline launch set for 2012". Bangkok Post. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ "Thai Smile Booking and Destinations". Thai Smile. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Thai Smile Flight Pass". Thaismile.com. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Airbus Orders and Deliveries (XLS), accessed via "Orders & Deliveries". Airbus. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ ""ไทยฮอนด้า" ทุ่ม 100 ล้าน ลุยไทยลีก ตั้งเป้าท็อป 10". Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "สายการบินแรก!ราชบุรีจับมือไทยสมายล์". Retrieved 15 September 2017.
External links
Media related to Thai Smile at Wikimedia Commons