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[Sexpat]

It's been no secret that government-controlled Thai Airways has been unhappy with what it feels is unfair price competition from various budget airlines in Asia.

It looks like the Thai government is about to try and help:

"Thailand's Civil Aviation Department will enforce new regulations to control budget airlines beginning later this month allowing the department to examine promotional plans of the airlines following passenger complaints. The department will soon announce new rules for operators of no-frills airlines.

Drafts of the new regulations were given to each low-cost carrier, so each airline has the opportunity to share its opinion before the enforcement of the new regulations, according to Director-General Chaisak Angsuwan. The new regulations will cover marketing strategy plans, and air fare-related issues in particular.

All economy airlines will be required to submit promotional campaigns and marketing plans to the department for consideration. If the promotions are misleading or otherwise affect passengers and competitiveness in the aviation industry, the department will not approve the plans."

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/b...s.php?id=120404

[Haloi]

Talk about a conflict of interest !! How can a government that owns an airline expect to regulate its lower-cost competitors fairly ? It's a joke.