Thai Smile Airways

Thai Smile Airways การบินไทย ส มา ย ล์
IATA code :	WE
ICAO code :	THD
Call sign :	THAI SMILE
Founding:	2012
Seat:	Bangkok , Thailand
Home airport :	Bangkok Suvarnabhumi
Company form:	Co., Ltd.
Management:	Woranate Laprabang
Frequent Flyer Program :	Royal Orchid Plus
Fleet size:	20th
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.thaismileair.com

Thai Smile Airways ( Thai การบินไทย ส มา ย ล์ ) is a Thai low-cost airline based in Bangkok and based at Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi Airport . It is a subsidiary of Thai Airways International .

history

Thai Airways International founded a joint venture with Tiger Airways on August 2, 2010 under the name Thai Tiger . However, after the Thai government did not issue a license for the new airline until August 2011, the joint venture was given up in September 2011 . Instead, Thai Airways founded Thai Smile in the summer of 2012 . Thai Smile is the second low-cost airline of Thai Airways after Nok Air . On January 18, 2013, Thai Airways International announced that Thai Smile would operate as an independent airline under the name Thai Smile Airways Co., Ltd after approval by the Senate . The registered capital of Thai Smile Airways is 1.8 billion Baht . Thai Airways still holds 100% of Thai Smile.

Thai Smile has been flying under its own IATA code WE since October 2, 2014 and has withdrawn from code sharing with Thai Airways and thus from the Star Alliance . Thai Smile Connecting has been a Star Alliance partner since February 25, 2020 .

Destinations

Thai Smile mainly flies from Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi to destinations within Thailand . Cities in Southeast Asia are also served.

fleet

As of March 2020, the Thai Smile fleet consists of 20 aircraft with an average age of 6.3 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks
Airbus A320-200	20th	-	14 Sharklets equipped

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Thai Smile  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Thai Smile website (Thai, Chinese, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ THAI Smile Air Takes Flight in July 2012. (No longer available online.) Prthaiairways.com, 2011, archived from the original on September 27, 2011 ; accessed on January 26, 2012 (English). 
2. ↑ centreforaviation.com - Thai presses on with current strategy and new regional carrier despite upcoming political changes, July 8, 2011 ( Memento from August 22, 2011 on WebCite )
3. ↑ Bangkok Post - THAI scraps plan for JV with Tiger, September 17, 2011 (English)
4. ↑ thai.listedcompany.com - Translation (English; PDF; 542 kB)
5. ↑ thaismileair.com - Royal Orchid Plus ( Memento from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
6. ↑ Star Alliance Welcomes Thai Smile as Connecting Partner. Airports International, February 25, 2020, accessed on August 16, 2020 . 
7. ↑ thaismileair.com - Destination (English), accessed on September 24, 2016
8. ^ Thai Smile Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Accessed March 27, 2020 (English).