Thai Sky Airlines Co., Ltd was a short-lived

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based in

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, with head office in the Le Concorde Tower in

Huai Khwang District Huai Khwang (, ) is one of the 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. It is east of the city centre. Neighbouring districts are Chatuchak, Wang Thonglang, Bang Kapi, Suan Luang, Watthana, Ratchathewi, and Din Daeng. History Huai Khwang ...

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

. The airline ceased operations in 2006.

History

Plans for purchasing of aircraft and setting up of airport operations started in 2002 and the airline was officially established on 30 January 2004. The first flight to Hong Kong was launched on 19 May 2005. Flights to Kuala Lumpur were launched on 21 May 2005. It is a joint venture with Thai, Hong Kong and Taiwan interests, and was set up primarily to operate charter flights for tour groups travelling from Hong Kong to Thailand. The airline ceased operations in 2006.

Fleet

Thai Sky Airlines L-1011-1 HS-AXE DMK 2006-1-14

At its peak, the Thai Sky Airlines fleet included three

Lockheed L-1011 Tristar The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (pronounced "El-ten-eleven") is an American medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation. It was the third wide-body airliner to enter commercial operations, after the Boeing 747 ...

jets. One of the few airlines still flying the plane, it had two L-1011s for passenger service and one for cargo. However, all three were parked in August 2006 for lack of spare parts, and were cancelled from the Thai register on October 6, 2006. The airline also flew the converted Boeing 747-206BM(SUD) between 2005 and 2006 for passenger flights. In October 2006, Thai Sky leased a

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from Khors AirАвіакомпанія «Хорс / Khors» Aircompany McDonnell Douglas MD-82 UR-CBO, back from lease to Thai Sky (the airline logo is still there)
/ref> as a replacement. However, the aircraft was soon repossessed, leaving the airline with no planes.

Aircraft (grounded)

Two

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— * 2 x Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar - HS-AXE is now a restaurant at the Chang Chui Market in

Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

. HS-AXA is turned into a cafe called Pour Over Lab at Niagara N Garden restaurant in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

References

External links

Thai Sky Airlines
(Archive)
‘Thai Sky questions’
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