ThaiJet
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Thai Jet International was an international passenger charter airline
Airline
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 based in Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. Its main base was Bangkok International Airport (BKK).

Code data

  • IATA Code: AO
  • ICAO Code: THJ
  • Callsign: THAI JET

History

Thai Jet was established in 2003 and started operations on December 15, 2003. It operated international charter flights from Bangkok and Phuket
Phuket Province
Phuket , formerly known as Thalang and, in Western sources, Junk Ceylon , is one of the southern provinces of Thailand...

, but these ceased in May 2004 pending re-financing.

In March 2006, Thailand's Civil Aviation Department said it was withdrawing the failed airline's license.

Services

International scheduled destinations were: Berlin
Berlin
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, Frankfurt
Frankfurt
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, Male
Male
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, Seoul
Seoul
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, Sharjah
Sharjah (city)
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 and Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou
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.

Fleet

Thai Jet operated 2 Boeing 757-200s, delivered in December 2003, but they were disposed of by mid-2004. http://www.thai-aviation.net/Operators%2009.htm#ThaiJet

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