Santisuk Klong takes medicine Chief Executive Officer Asia Aviation Plc. and Thai AirAsia Co., Ltd. Stating the business goals of Thai AirAsia for 2021, targeting total passengers at 9.4 million, equal to last year. But the income will be slightly more than last year. Because you can better control your expenses It aims to reduce costs by 18-20% by reducing the existing fleet of 62 aircraft to 54 at the end of this year to meet actual travel demand.
Because the plane is the main cost It is costly, with 8 aircraft being deployed from the fleet. It is divided into 6 aircrafts returned according to the contract period and circulated for 2 of AirAsia’s affiliated airlines used by other countries. In addition, it continues to manage the workforce of 5,000 people according to the continuous use of aircraft
“Thai AirAsia remains confident that the tourism and travel sector will return. Therefore still maintains employment By using the Furlough method or having active staff based on the number of aircraft used. As for employees who are not active Received cooperation in the strike But still received a minimum wage of 25% of the salary “
In the two years from 2021 to 2022, Thai AirAsia’s business has been largely dependent on revenue from the domestic flight market. Therefore issued a promotion “Air tickets flown all over Thailand” To stimulate demand to recover within March, which can sell up to 80,000 rights within 48 hours. Hope that the festival hopes for Songkran, which is the peak season of the Thai market, Thailand. After the COVID-19 situation The second wave dissolves.
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