Thailand’s Bangkok Airways to provide third-party MRO

Bangkok Airways (PG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) is to provide third-party heavy maintenance services for Airbus and Avions de Transport Régional (EVX, Toulouse Blagnac) aircraft as part of its 2022 business plan to diversify its services, the company announced.

Speaking at a virtual press conference to announce its new business strategy, President Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth said the regional airline recently had received its Repair Station Recertification for Base- and Line Maintenance (TCAR 8 Part 5) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT), “which allows us to provide high-quality maintenance services for Airbus and ATR aircraft”.

He also disclosed the airline was further reducing its fleet from 37 to 30 aircraft by the end of 2022 in response to reduced travel demand due to the pandemic. It intends to return five A320-200s to lessors when their…