EK156 From United Arab Emirates, joined May 2005, 765 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (6 years 8 months 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2774 times:
Yes they did. Also Etihad suspended all their flights...
I think you are not watching the news.... there is a coup in the capital - Bangkok!!! The Army revolted against the PM and took over the city .. Hence Emergency Law or Rule!!!
MRURUN From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2006, 155 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 8 months 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 2650 times:
As far as I'm aware only EK and EY cancelled their services. Others may have been delayed but no outright cancellation of a route (temporarily). Dont know why, its been a quiet coup, by all accounts.
BritPilot777 From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 1075 posts, RR: 3 Reply 7, posted (6 years 8 months 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 2583 times:
BA continued their flights to BKK, as did QF. If a passenger felt they did not want to travel due to the problems in Bangkok, they were being re booked for a later date, however I'm not sure if refunds where being given if the passenger did not want to travel nor about the option of re routing the passengers say via SIN or HKG.
As far as I'm aware, if you were ticketed through to SYD/MEL you could reroute through other stations. No refunds, but could rebook for another date/destination, if the latter incurred extra charges then the passenger would pay.
HKGKaiTak From Australia, joined Jun 2005, 1050 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (6 years 8 months 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 2154 times:
There was a report yesterday morning on radio news here in SYD that the BA9/10 and QF1/2 flights which were in the air at the time were rerouted via SIN, not sure if it's true or if they continued doing it.
EK413 From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 3910 posts, RR: 4 Reply 14, posted (6 years 8 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1994 times:
I blame the media for this...Making a big deal out of a something so small...The military is simply keeping everything under control until the new government is ruled in...End of story...
Speedbird128 From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 1135 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (6 years 8 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 1684 times:
No reason it should not be - I am not at work at the moment, but I am almost certain that the EY BKK schedules were not cancelled. I shall check up when I am back.
By that time too, you should be flying LHR-AUH-NBK.
Ejazz From United Arab Emirates, joined exactly 11 years ago today! , 702 posts, RR: 36 Reply 19, posted (6 years 8 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 1454 times:
EK156
I'm not sure where you got your information from but here at Etihad we did not suspend one single flight to Bangkok. There was a slight delay to the first service due to depart after the coup occurred (42 mins) whilst our Security Department assessed the situation and that was it.
Emirates initially suspended all services, as noted in the Gulf News, but not Etihad so best check your facts next time please.
Antskip From Australia, joined Jan 2006, 883 posts, RR: 6 Reply 20, posted (6 years 8 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 1411 times:
Quoting EK413 (Reply 14): Making a big deal out of a something so small...The military is simply keeping everything under control until the new government is ruled in
Although Thailand seems to have military coups as an essential part of their political process now, a military take-over of civil processes is in every way a subversion of democratic society - and is always potentially very dangerous for everyone involved. So airlines flying to a country which has been taken over by a military uprising would have to be very wary of moment-by-moment events.
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