PBair
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| Founded | 1990 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Suvarnabhumi Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Saen Sabai | ||||||
| Alliance | none | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Destinations | - | ||||||
| Parent company | P.B. Air Company Ltd | ||||||
| Headquarters | Vadhana, Bangkok, Thailand | ||||||
| Website | http://www.pbair.com | ||||||
PBair was an airline with its head office in the UBC II Building in Vadhana, Bangkok, Thailand.[1] It operated scheduled domestic and international services. Its main base was Suvarnabhumi Airport.[2]
History
The airline was founded in 1990 by Piya Bhirom Bhakdi, the president of the Boonrawd Brewery, the biggest brewery of Thailand. It was originally used for flights for the brewery staff only. In 1995, it received the license to offer charter flights and started operations in 1997. In February 1999, it started scheduled flights, in alliance with Thai Airways International and Air Andaman. In November 2009 all flights were suspended until further notice. In December 2009 the owner announced that the airline was to be closed for good, and would not restart operations because of huge losses.
Destinations
PBair operated the following services until Oct. 2009:
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport), Buriram, Lampang, Nakhon Phanom, Nan, Roi Et, Sakon Nakhon, Mae Sot.
- International charter destination: Seoul, South Korea.
PBair operated the following services:
- International scheduled destination: Da Nang, Vietnam. 2007 to 2009
- Domestic scheduled destination: Mae Hong Son 2006 and 2007
Fleet
The PBair fleet includes the following aircraft (as of May 2009)[2] :
- 2 ATR-72-500 leased from Bangkok Airways
Previously operated
- 1 Dornier 328
- 3 Fokker F28
- 1 Boeing 767-300
- 2 Embraer ERJ 145 LR Registrations HS-PBE and HS-PBF
References
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines." Flight International. 30 March-5 April 2004. 52.
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. pp. 61–62.
External links
Media related to PBair at Wikimedia Commons
Now
Pb air has stopped all services and officially closed down.The closure was registered with an authorities on December 21,2009.