Monday, July 2, 2007

Thai Airways Fills Fewer Seats as Bangkok Street Protests Deter Tourists

(Bloomberg) -- Thai Airways International Pcl, the
country's biggest airline, filled fewer seats last month than a
year earlier as street protests in Bangkok against the military-
appointed government deterred overseas visitors.

The airline's passenger load factor, or the proportion of
seats filled with paying customers, fell between 2 percentage
points and 3 percentage points in June, Thai Air President
Apinan Sumanaseni said, without giving detailed figures. The
carrier filled 74.9 percent of seats in June 2006 and 78.4
percent in April 2007, according to its latest data.


Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News

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