Thai Airways shuffles duties of three vice presidents
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The board of directors of Thai Airways International yesterday shuffled the job descriptions of three vice presidents, aiming to maximise their abilities.
Chokchai Panyayong, currently senior executive vice president for strategy and business development, will become senior executive vice president for commercial.
Danuj Bunnag, the current executive vice president for commercial, will take on the role of vice president for products and customer services. Teerapol Chotichanapibal, who has that job now, will become executive vice president for strategy and business development.
The duty transfer will take effect on Monday. The board, chaired by Ampon Kittiampon, approved it yesterday and said the three had the experience to work in their new roles, which would benefit the operation.
In particular, Chokchai’s experience in defining strategy and business development is expected to strengthen his new role because THAI will get 17 new aircraft this year.
The board also revealed its business performance in April and May. THAI’s cabin factor dropped to 75.8 per cent in April and to 66.4 per cent in May, from 78.3 per cent and 71.5 per cent respectively compared with the same months last year.
Passenger numbers rose by 4.1 per cent to 1.76 million in April year on year, while in May they increased 5.7 per cent to 1.68 million.
Thai Smile, its sub-brand airline, had an average cabin factor of 74.5 per cent in April.
Of total passengers, 71 per cent were on regional flights and 77.9 per cent on domestic flights. In May, its average cabin factor was 69.3 per cent, 69.7 per cent from regional flights and 68.8 per cent from domestic flights.
