Late news :THAI to add 20 flights for Songkran
Thai Airways International (THAI) announced it would add 20 special flights on domestic routes to Chiang Mai and Phuket from Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports, numbering 5,200 seats, in order to serve passengers travelling during the Songkran holiday.
THAI president Apinan Sumanaseni said it would add 11 domestic flights between Suvarnabhumi and both Chiang Mai and Phuket, totalling 2,860 seats. From Don Muang, nine additional flights with 2,340 seats will be routed to and from Chiang Mai.
Student scheme Ayudhya Securities (AYS) has kicked off the "AYS YAB - You Are Best" project for the third year, providing a training venue for university students wanting to work in the capital market. "The project originated from the large number of training applications and our wish to educate students and give them an integrated experience in the capital market. Under this project, they'll see the overall picture of the capital market and how each part of the financial sector is interconnected, plus ethical rules that all in the industry should uphold," said CEO MR Sasiprin Chandratat. More than 200 students from universities across the country applied for the project this year. Only 31 were chosen for this year's project, which runs from April 2 to May 25. A kick-off event was hosted in cooperation with the Stock Exchange of Thailand and companies affiliated with Bank of Ayudhya.
Home-loan options Bangkok Bank is supporting home-buyers by offering three new home-loan options with interest-rate reductions of 0.25-0.5 per cent from April 1 to June 30. Ruchanee Nopmuang, executive vice president for consumer banking, said the bank's market-leading interest-rate options would reduce monthly repayments on home loans - welcome news for customers tightening their budgets during the current economic slow-down. Bangkok Bank's new mortgage-rate options are: Option one: 4.5-per-cent fixed rate for the first year and the minimum loan rate (MLR) for the rest of the loan period. Option two: 5.75-per-cent fixed rate for the first year, 6 per cent for the second year and the MLR for the rest of the loan period. Option three: the MLR minus 1 per cent for the first three years and the MLR for the rest of the loan . Customers can receive a further discount of 25 basis points for one year if they sign up for a Home 1st home-insurance policy.
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