Out of the world: Airlines, including Qantas, have turned to a number of innovative ways to make extra cash since the pandemic. AFP
SYDNEY: Fly me to the supermoon is the latest offering in airlines’ merry-go-round of flights to nowhere, with Qantas Airways Ltd promising a night of cosmic cocktails and cake aboard one of its Boeing Co 787 Dreamliners.
After scenic flights over the Great Barrier Reef, vast outback and Antarctica, Australia’s flagship carrier will start selling tickets from today for a trip on May 26 to see the rising supermoon, which that evening also happens to be a total lunar eclipse.
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(Bloomberg) Fly me to the Supermoon is the latest offering in airlinesâ merry-go-round of flights to nowhere, with Qantas Airways Ltd. promising a night of cosmic cocktails and cake aboard one of its Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners.
(Bloomberg) Fly me to the Supermoon is the latest offering in airlinesâ merry-go-round of flights to nowhere, with Qantas Airways Ltd. promising a night of cosmic cocktails and cake aboard one of its Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners.
After scenic flights over the Great Barrier Reef, vast outback and Antarctica, Australiaâs flagship carrier will start selling tickets from Wednesday for a trip on May 26 to see the rising supermoon, which that evening also happens to be a total lunar eclipse. A supermoon is when a full moon occurs at the closest point to Earth during its orbit, making it appear larger and brighter.
Thai Airways planesThai Airways, with liabilities of about US$11bil last year, expects its creditors to vote on the court-mandated debt recast plan on May 12, acting president Chansin Treenuchagron said.
BANGKOK: Thailand’s finance ministry, the largest shareholder of Thai Airways International Pcl, signaled its support for a restructuring plan that includes raising fresh capital, a temporary freeze on repayment of borrowings and slashing its workforce by half to return the debt-ridden airline to profit.
The key elements of the debt rehabilitation plan are “quite acceptable, ” Pantip Sripimol, director general of the State Enterprise Policy Office under the finance ministry, said yesterday. The ministry will study the restructuring proposals in detail before deciding on its vote, she said.
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22 An Airbus A-350 aircraft sits on the tarmac at Suvarnabhumi airport on Wednesday. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)
The Finance Ministry, the largest shareholder of Thai Airways International Plc, signalled its support for a restructuring plan that includes raising fresh capital, a temporary freeze on repayment of borrowings and slashing its workforce by half to return the debt-ridden airline to profit.
The key elements of the debt rehabilitation plan are “quite acceptable,” Pantip Sripimol, director-general of the State Enterprise Policy Office under the ministry, said on Wednesday. The ministry will study the restructuring proposals in detail before deciding on its vote, she said.
Thai Airways Posts Record $4.7 Billion Loss as Debt Revamp Looms
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24 days agoThai Airways International Pcl, the nation’s flag carrier in the middle of a debt restructuring, reported a record loss last year after the coronavirus outbreak ground most of its services to a halt. The net loss widened to 141.2 billion baht ($4.7 billion), or 64.68 baht a share, from 12 billion baht, or 5.51 baht a share in 2019, Thai Airways said in an exchange filing Thursday. The annual loss was the largest ever for a Thai company, according to data compiled by the Stock Exchange of… (www.msn.com) More.