Transport

Despite Thailand boasting a top-rated airport and a flagship carrier ranked in the top 20 globally, the country’s aviation sector was hit in 2015 by a series of negative reviews and downgrades by a foreign regulator and an international aviation organisation. The assessments surprised the travelling public and gave rise to a number of...

How has recovering inbound tourism traffic to Thailand in 2015 impacted airlines’ operations and expansion focus?

Thailand’s rail sector is set to experience significant changes over the next decade, with new lines scheduled to be built in as soon as three years. The lines will be high speed or near high speed and connect most corners of the country, including its industrial areas and ports. Most notably, they will link the country with its neighbours,...

Thailand’s quest to become a regional transport and logistics hub has been buoyed by a series of steps taken by the government. The country’s air regulators are focusing on regaining the country’s top-grade assessments and have been working to remove weaker discount carriers. Thai Airways is also restructuring, and airports are being upgraded...

In recent years, Thailand has established one of the more liberal air markets in the region, if not the world. It has permitted foreign carriers virtually unrestricted access to its gateway airports, and it has allowed for almost unlimited “beyond rights” for foreign carriers seeking to use Bangkok for services to onward destinations. As a...

Situated on some of the busiest trade routes in the world, and catering to an inflow of raw materials from Africa and the Middle East as well as an outflow of manufactured goods, the Philippines’ transport and logistics sector is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the massive movement of goods steaming past its front doorstep. More than...