torsdag 10 mars 2022

🔮 #COVID19 update on Thursday ⬆️ 22,984 new cases ⬆️ 74 deaths * ⬇️ 220,334 in care * new high for this wave. Richard Barrow



‼️Alert‼️ Fake emails from Fake Thailand Pass Domains Scammers have been spreading phishing emails from fake Thailand Pass domains, and luring the victims to give out personal information e.g. name, last name, date of birth, and passport number. The fake emails are also attached with malicious download links. Richard Barrow


‼️Alert‼️ Fake emails from Fake Thailand Pass Domains 

Scammers have been spreading phishing emails from fake Thailand Pass domains, and luring the victims to give out personal information e.g. name, last name, date of birth, and passport number. The fake emails are also attached with malicious download links. 

Be careful of the emails from the following domain: 
- support@thapascon.com
- support@thapascons.com
- support@thailandtravel.live
- support@informationthailandpass.com
- support@passinformationthailand.com
- contact@thailand-pass.live
- contact@thpassconsulate.com
- contact@teampassthailand.com
- contact@thailandpassconsulate.com

If you receive an email from these senders, 
"STOP!""
Do not click the link, download the attachment or share any personal information. 

✅ Only real email address is thpass@tp.consular.go.th

onsdag 9 mars 2022

Flygtorget: Thai Airways gĂ„r med vinst – och ökar pĂ„ Sverige

Thai Airways gĂ„r med vinst – och ökar pĂ„ Sverige
Thai Airways

Thai Airways

 

I höstas drog Thai Airways igĂ„ng den internationella trafiken ut frĂ„n Bangkok, 36 linjer, dĂ€ribland Sverige och Danmark. Det var ett litet livstecken frĂ„n flygbolaget som i maj 2020 begĂ€rde konkursbeskydd och samtidigt startade en rekonstruktion av verksamheten som just dĂ„ tyngdes av förluster pĂ„ svindlande 120 miljarder. Sedan dess har rekonstruktionen lĂ„ngsamt arbetat pĂ„, allt med ambition att komma tillbaka som internationellt flygbolag. För att komma dit Ă€r det fortsatt en hĂ„rdhĂ€nt bantning av flygbolaget som bland annat ska halvera antalet anstĂ€llda frĂ„n 29 000 personer till cirka 15 000 senast 2025. Dessutom bantas just nu flygplansflottan nĂ€r Ă€ldre flygplan fasas ut, hittills har 16 flygplan försvunnit vilket minskat antalet till 67 flygplan. Men ett fortsatt bekymmer Ă€r att dĂ€r ingĂ„r tolv olika flygplanstyper och pĂ„ försĂ€ljningslistan stĂ„r ytterligare 45 flygplan, bland annat tvĂ„ A380, tio Boeing 747 och arton 777. Samtidigt har en del av leasingavtalen omförhandlats till att kosta pengar enbart nĂ€r flygplanen befinner sig i luften.  

De tuffa sparprogrammen och förĂ€ndringen av hela organisationen, i samband med att rekonstruktionen startade gick Thai frĂ„n ett statligt till ett privat flygbolag, börjar nu ge resultat. Bokslutet för 2021 visar att Thai gick med vinst. Det beror till största delen pĂ„ försĂ€ljningen av flygplan och annan infrastruktur tillsammans med ett kapitaltillskott pĂ„ nĂ€rmare 20 miljarder. Flygverksamheten gĂ„r nĂ€mligen fortfarande med kraftiga förluster, cirka 6 miljarder. Det visar siffrorna frĂ„n december dĂ„ bara 190 000 personer valde att flyga med Thai. 

Trots det ökas den internationella trafiken med fler linjer och fler frekvenser. Under Ă„ret rĂ€knar ska det samlade flygprogrammet vara i nĂ€rheten av det som rĂ„dde innan pandemin. Den utvecklingen mĂ€rks I Skandinavien. I dagslĂ€get flyger Thai en Airbus A350 pĂ„ Arlanda tre gĂ„nger i veckan. PĂ„ tisdagar en direktmaskin till Bangkok och pĂ„ torsdag och lördag Ă€r linjen slingad via Phuket. I sommar ökar det till fem avgĂ„ngar i veckan. Hur antalet frekvenser ska utvecklas fortsatt beror bland annat pĂ„ konkurrensen frĂ„n Finnair som flyger till bĂ„de Bangkok och Phuket frĂ„n Arlanda. 

I Köpenhamn gÄr Thai upp till dagliga trafik i sommar. Oslo dÀremot fÄr fortsatt vÀnta pÄ att trafiken till Thailand ska Äterupptas.




Ambassador says Thailand must adapt tourism for Russians in current crisis | Even though 6,000 Russian and Ukrainian tourists are stuck in Thailand due to the current crisis, Thailand’s ambassador to Russia said Thailand needs to form new tourism tactics for them. Thaiger / Bangkok Post

Ambassador says Thailand must adapt tourism for Russians in current crisis

Even though 6,000 Russian and Ukrainian tourists are stuck in Thailand due to the current crisis, Thailand's ambassador to Russia said Thailand needs to form new tourism tactics for them. The ambassador told the Bangkok Post Thailand should adapt tourism to help with Russians' needs in the current crisis. One idea he suggested was an app to let Russians use digital money or crypto currency. This week, Mastercard and Visasuspended services in Russia, and to cards issued in Russia being used abroad.

The ambassador also said food tourism should market cheaper food to Russians, instead of just marketing delicacies like Tom Yum Kung. He said countries competing with Thailand for tourists, such as Turkey, Egpyt, and Dubai, have adapted to attract Russian tourists during the conflict.

"The country cannot offer traditional tourism anymore. We have to come up with value-added products to create new tourism experiences".

Russians made of the biggest group of tourists in Phuket in December, and over 17,000 of them arrived on the Island that month. They were also a major part of tourism since pre-Covid days. But as of this Monday, there were only 2,763 Russian tourists in Phuket.

Tourist operators, however, are keeping package deals to Asia and Thailand, especially for Labour Day and Victory Day.

SOURCE: Bangkok Post




Bangkok Post - Flood warning for lower Chao Phraya River basin provinces including Greater Bangkok

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