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Airlines Join Forces to Train Pilots
4th Mar 2013
The flag carrier, THAI, are in talks with AirAsia and Bangkok Airways to join forces in training their pilots, this in addition to the airline's expansion on its maintenance services to increase its revenue.
Sorajak Kasemsuvan, THAI President, revealed to the media recently that he has proposed to Tony Fernandes, AirAsia CEO, the possibility of conducting a joint training for their pilots. Though he is yet to open the matter to his Bangkok Airways counterpart later this week.
He admitted that airlines compete fiercely with each other in terms of building up their market. However, there are certain areas in the business that airlines can possibly work together for mutual benefits. Training pilots together is one example of mutual cooperation among airlines. Moreover, he is also planning to propose a code sharing agreement with the two airlines.
According to Mr. Sorajak, he is willing to offer extensive aircraft maintenance for their rivals in the business. It was noted earlier that AirAsia was seeking maintenance service from THAI. THAI has its aircraft maintenance service at the old Don Mueang Airport.
THAI has teamed up with Airbus company for the setting up of a standard aircraft technician training center in the country. This in line with Thailand's ambition to develop itself into a major aviation hub for the region.
In October of this year, the flag carrier will seek certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) allowing it to train aviation technicians in the region who fly Airbus aircraft. So instead of sending their technicians to train in faraway Europe or North America which would cost them substantial amount, they can send them over to THAI training center to save on training costs.
Airline companies in the region who buy Airbus planes in the future can send their technicians to Thailand instead for their training requirements.
Courses at the training center are highly flexible in that they can be modified to tailor the needs of the airline operations. According to Flt Lt Montree, the training center is staffed by highly-qualified professionals and offers 250 training courses annually.
The facility is now the leading training center in the region which offers the same world-class standard training workshops to its clients. The training center boasts of training equipment for all current Airbus planes in operation such as A320, A330, A340 and A380.
THAI's aircraft maintenance unit, meanwhile, has contributed almost 1.2 billion baht to THAI's revenue per year, accounting for about 10% of the total income of the department.
The unit is hoping to increase its annual contributions to its mother unit up to 3 billion baht in ten years. The flag carrier is also seeking similar tie-up with Boeing to build an aircraft maintenance service facility in the country.
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