Carriers under the cosh published : 20 Jul 2021 at 06:50 8 Aircraft belonging to carriers Thai Smile Airways, AirAsia and Thai Airways are seen parked on the tarmac at Suvarnabhumi airport on Monday. Wichan Charoenkiatpakul Thai AirAsia views the forced lockdown as jeopardising its financial status as the aviation industry has been struggling without government support for over a year as it questioned the ability of the government to collect tax when large businesses have been left to die. Tassapon Bijleveld, executive chairman of Asia Aviation (AAV), the largest shareholder of Thai AirAsia (TAA), said liquidity is at a critical stage and it has had to seek emergency borrowing to help pay payroll this month.