More flights for the holidays

Eight of the round-trip flights are for the route Bangkok-Chiang Mai, accommodating an additional 43,843 passengers, while the other six are for the Bangkok-Phuket route for an additional 56,132 passengers.

Passengers are requested to be at the airport three to four hours before departure time due to traffic congestion.

Meanwhile, the airline has announced that its Cabin Attendant Pre-flight Study and Briefing System recently won an Asia-Pacific ICT Award 2009 under the tourism and hospitality category.

The international awards programme aims to increase information and communication technology awareness in the community for increased innovation and creativity.

THAI president Piyasvasti Amranand said the system was designed and developed in-house by THAI staff in 2004 to help THAI cockpit and cabin crew prepare for flight.

The system earlier won an award at Thailand ICT Awards EXPO 2009, supported by the Information and Communications Technology Ministry.

THAI invented this software, currently used by 10,000 THAI cockpit and cabin crew, which helps crew members prepare themselves prior to flight departure.

The software gives crew members access to aircraft and flight information, flight schedules, passenger frequencies, weather, updated news information of destination cities and local greetings.

The software is also applicable to mobile phones via Mobile Internet or SMS Query through top networks on AIS, DTAC and True.

The information includes flight information, flight |departure and arrival information in Bangkok that crew members may use to strengthen service standards and to compete with other airlines flying to Bangkok.

The software system also helps cabin crew to maintain quality of passenger service according to the company's policy.