Thai Airways, Tiger to launch joint low-cost carrier

[DCbob]

Ha ha... Look at the pair of losers leaping onto Google to try and prove me wrong. Bunch of tossers! :rolling:

The fact remains, no large commercial airline jet has had a serious crash in Australia within recent history (last 30 years, possibly longer). This cannot be disputed.

DCbob failed to mention Sydney Airport was ranked 27th in the world by passenger traffic with 36 million in 2010. Heathrow had 66 million. We're not the biggest but not insignificant either (click on the "passenger traffic" link on the page he linked to).

Number of passengers does not equate to number of airplanes.
Apples and oranges.
Granted Australia has a good record for safety.

[krobbie]

Krobbie, Air Asia X flies to Christchurch from KL.

Sorry for not getting back sooner. Remiss of me.

Yes I understand that Air Asia flies from Christchurch, which is halfway down the South Island. I am up the top of the North Island in Auckland. I know you can't have everything just as you wish but I need a LCC carrier from Auckland as I have a disability and it is just more of a drama than needs be if I have to change planes etc too often. I went through this for a while with Royal Brunei but their lay-over times became ridiculous in the end, needing 6 hours at Brunei Airport on the way home, which I would much rather spend with my partner. I guess I am stuck with Thai.

The new talking head at Thai has also clamped down on luggage more than 20kg in economy and I was until now allowed extra allowance (10kg) for a second artificial limb.
As of a few months ago this has been nixed. No amount of pleading will shift them but for the last 4 years this has never been an issue. They will allow me to bring my 17kg wheelchair though??? Go figure.

Cheers
kroobie

[thonglor55]

How very true. Bitchlover, you really need to control this anger you have, it is not healthy! I don't know how the boards put up with this nasty, name calling you give out!

I think we all recognise that Beachlover suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder, a symptom of which is cyber-bullying, and feel sorry for him.

Beachlover ... and feel sorry for him.

Especially now that said malady has resulted in him being suspended from yet another board.

The only problem I have is when you have to stop-ever rather fly direct it comes right in the middle of a sleep pattern

You expect to be able to sleep on a LCC flight?

If you can't sleep on a LCC flight on the way home from Thailand, then you did not play hard enough :headbang:

[Beachlover]

Granted Australia has a good record for safety.

Thank you... that's pretty much all I was saying.

Number of passengers does not equate to number of airplanes.

Correct. But it's still a significant measure of air traffic, especially if we're talking about large commercial airline jets.

[thonglor55]

Correct. But it's still a significant measure of air traffic, especially if we're talking about large commercial airline jets.

Someone with a clear grasp of statistics!

[Beachlover]

THAI Airways JV plans with Tiger Airways are officially dead and gone...

THAI will setup a LCC airline called THAI Smile instead.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/avi ... with-tiger