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 Thai
Airways International Public Company Limited is the national carrier of the
Kingdom of Thailand. It operates domestic, regional and intercontinental
flights radiating from its home base in Bangkok to key destinations around the
world and within Thailand. The company's fully paid up share capital
amounts to 16,988,765,500 Baht (9 May 2005) and is 53.77% owned by the Ministry
of Finance, the Thai Government. At the end of September 2004, consolidated
total assets of the company amounted to 193,211 million Baht. In its
operations, THAI has achieved profitability every year for the last 40
consecutive years.
Thai Airways International was founded in 1960 as a joint venture between
Thailand's domestic carrier, Thai Airways Company (TAC) and Scandinavian
Airlines System (SAS) with the Scandinavian carrier initially providing a 30%
share capital of two million Baht. SAS also provided operations, managerial and
marketing expertise, with training assistance aiming at building a fully
independent national airline within the shortest possible time. Thai nationals,
through training and experience, were gradually able to assume full managerial
responsibility and the number of expatriate staff duly reduced until, in 1987,
expatriates accounted for less than one percent of staff based in Thailand.
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 KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines is an international airline operating worldwide. KLM forms
the core of the KLM Group, other members being KLM cityhopper and
transavia.com. KLM merged with Air France in 2004 in a business model that is
unique in the aviation industry.
Under the Air France-KLM holding company, both KLM and Air France operate as
network airlines: via hubs, or transfer airports, they maintain a worldwide
network of services to European and intercontinental destinations. KLM and Air
France complement each other through the optimal alignment of their networks
and through the coordination of their three core activities: passenger
transport, cargo transport and aircraft maintenance.
In close cooperation with Air France, KLM offers passengers and airfreight
shippers more than 250 destinations worldwide, either non-stop or via another
airport. A key principle in the alliance is the dual hub strategy: KLM and Air
France’s home bases of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Paris Charles de
Gaulle respectively act as transfer airports in the shared network. Measured by
operating revenues, Air France-KLM is the largest airline group in the
world.
KLM is a member of SkyTeam, one of the three global airline alliances.
With ten members as of April 2006, SkyTeam is the second largest alliance by
market share. KLM is thus a key player i | |