Sukhoi said Tuesday that it would sell 12 of its Superjets to privately owned Orient Thai Airlines with an option for 12 more. It did not give details on price, but on Monday the company announced a 30-plane deal with Indonesian group Kartika for $951 million. Sukhoi chief executive Mikhail Pogosyan told reporters at the Farnborough Airshow that the company [...]

Hospitals in Bangkok were preparing for bloodshed tonight, after anti-government Red Shirt protesters ignored an ultimatum to abandon their occupation of central Bangkok, and the leaders of the demonstration promised to die rather than give in to the authorities. An aeroplane dropped leaflets urging protesters to leave immediately and warning that anyone caught inside the area faced two years in [...]

April 6 (Bloomberg) — Qantas Airways Ltd., Australia’s largest carrier, reported its fifth aircraft malfunction since March 30 as an engine power surge forced a London-bound flight to turn back to Bangkok. There was no “safety issue” at any stage as the Boeing Co. 747 can fly normally with three engines, Sydney-based Qantas said in an e-mailed statement today. Engineers [...]

Thai Airways International plans to acquire 15 aircraft from now until 2014 with a budget of 35.5 billion baht ($1.1 billion). Of the 15 aircraft, eight will have a capacity of 350 seats and will be acquired through operating leases for a period of 10 to 15 years, says the airline. These eight aircraft will be operated on long-haul routes, [...]

Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — An airport in Iran’s capital of Tehran was the intended destination for a North Korean weapons shipment seized in Bangkok on Dec. 12, according to a confidential report to the United Nations Security Council by Thailand’s government. A copy of the report, obtained from diplomats whose governments hold Security Council seats, said the 40-ton cargo’s destination [...]

PB Air will shut down the business on December 21, due to the economic crisis. Liquidator Songsak Phaktachai said the airline also does not have enough aircraft and due to losses could not lease airplane. He insisted that the company would pay compensation to all 188 staff. The scheme would be clear within 7 days. PB Air started the commercial [...]

North Korean plane seized The biggest weapons seized on a Soviet cargo plane detained at Don Mueang airport on Saturday are multiple rocket launchers – two mobile units – and two dozen 240mm unguided rockets, high-ranking security sources said yesterday. The total value of weapons found in 145 large boxes that weigh nearly 40 tonnes all up was estimated at [...]

PB Air is adding two new light aircraft to its fleet as part of its business optimisation and expansion plan. The airline, controlled by Boon Rawd Brewery baron Piya Bhirom-Bhakdi, has leased two twin-engine turboprop Saab 340s from AeroCentury, a California-based aircraft leasing and financing firm, for five years. The first of the Saabs, which are about 12 years old, [...]

Turkish Airlines have just announced their plans to increase its service from Istanbul to Bangkok. This is great news for anyone who plans to use the airline to explore South East Asia as they will be offering connecting flights from Bangkok to a numbe…

The airport on Koh Samui has reopened after the fatal crash on Tuesday afternoon of Bangkok Airways flight PG 266, in which the main pilot, Chatchai Punsuvan, was killed and four passengers and the co-pilot were seriously injured.

There has been a lo…