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Airlines airways southern Thailand
had a real boom in recent years, before it was only Thai
international, now there are many more offering similar services
like Thai for between half the price up to just similar.
Check the internet for Air Asia, Phuket Air, Thai Orient / One
Two Go, PB Air, Bangkok Air, Siem Riep Air (that is the
Cambodian branch of Bangkok Air) and naturally Thai
International.After
opening the very closed market of the airline business, its
booming. A couple of newcomer like
Air Asia, Phuket Air, Thai Orient / One Two
Go, PB Air, Bangkok Air
and others turned the heat on Thai
International - the State carrier - who had a comfortable
monopoly with a lot of corruption going on inside the company,
the current Prime Minister Mr. Thaksin did a good job to gave
some pushes for liberalization for the airline market.
On the other
side, most of the newcomers maybe except Bangkok Airways -which
is managed quite good - has a lot of problems in particular,
timing. They try to squeeze as many trips as possible into the
available hours, also cutting turnaround time at the airports to
half hour -particular Air Asia- and naturally by afternoon
almost every day they accumulate already 2-3 hours delay which
due to the tight schedule cant be compensated. So be aware if
you use those airlines you might sit around for hours somewhere.
Since they are also very reluctant in taking back your ticket if
the aircraft wont start or even change the ticket to a other
flight, your holiday can easily turn into a nightmare. They are
a little bit cheaper than Thai International but time is also
money.
A example for a
helicopter service is here:
Si-Chang Flying service their program.
1. Executive charter flight
2. Aerial geophysical survey
3. Offshore support
4. Sight-seeing tours
5. Aerial emergency medical service
6. Other miscellaneous service
The Helicopters
The helicopters were jointly manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy
Industries Co., Ltd. Of Japan, and Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm
Gmbh (MBB) of Germany. The twin-turbine engines were
manufactured by Textron Lycoming of the United States. The
Kawasaki BK-117 helicopters have high performance and safety
standards. They are able to fly in all weather condition and
over densely populated areas.
The main feature of the BK-117 is that it is a category a
machine with two engines. In the case of case of engine failure
or complication, the BK-117 would be able to function with just
on one engine, flying and land safety.
A special helicopter
version
for aerial photography:
A bigger
version of a unmanned helicopter you can find here.
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