Thai AirAsia

Thai AirAsia ไทย แอร์ เอเชีย
IATA code :	FD
ICAO code :	AIQ
Call sign :	THAI ASIA
Founding:	2003
Seat:	Bangkok , Thailand
Home airport :	Don Mueang Airport
Company form:	Co. Ltd.
IATA prefix code :	900
Management:	Tassapon Bijleveld ( CEO )
Passenger volume:	5.1 million (2009)
Fleet size:	62
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.airasia.com

Thai AirAsia ( Thai ไทย แอร์ เอเชีย ) is a Thai low-cost airline based in Bangkok and based at Don Mueang Airport .

history

Thai AirAsia was founded on December 8, 2003 as a joint venture between the Malaysian AirAsia or its founder Tony Fernandes and the Thai Shin Corporation and began domestic air traffic on January 13, 2004.

In order to have a national airline license in Thailand, 51 percent of the capital must come from Thai investors. The sale of a $ 1.88 billion block of shares by the family of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to Temasek Holdings in Singapore in January 2006 put this premise at risk. On February 15, 2006 it was announced that Asia Aviation , a registered Thai company, had acquired the 50 percent stake in Shin Corporation. However, this was founded as a joint venture of Shin Corporation, which holds 49 percent of Asia Aviation. In May 2007, Thai AirAsia took over Asia Aviation. Asia Aviation (50 percent), AirAsia (49 percent) and the CEO of Thai AirAsia, Tassapon Bijleveld (1 percent) are the main shareholders of the company.

On October 1, 2012, Thai AirAsia relocated its home base from Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi to Bangkok-Don Mueang .

Destinations

Thai AirAsia offers destinations throughout Thailand and Southeast Asia from Bangkok .

fleet

Airbus A320-200 of Thai AirAsia in the current color scheme

As of March 2020, the Thai AirAsia fleet consists of 62 aircraft with an average age of 6.8 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats
Airbus A320-200	49		20 with Sharklets equipped	180
Airbus A320neo	11			186
Airbus A321neo	2
total	62	-

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Thai AirAsia  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Thai AirAsia website (Thai, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ investing.businessweek.com - Bijleveld, CEO of Thai AirAsia (English)
2. ↑ AirAsia Ready to Transfer Flight Operations to Don Mueang Airport from October 1st, 2012, June 25, 2012 ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
3. ↑ airasia.com - Route Map ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed on September 23, 2016 
4. ^ Thai AirAsia Fleet Details and History. Accessed March 27, 2020 (English). 
5. ↑ airasia.com - About Us , accessed September 23, 2016