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Thai Airways to Accept 60 Year Old Flight Attendants
22nd Sep 2012
Mature Thai Airways flight attendants will be delighted as the airline's Board of Directors decided on Friday increased the age limit for its female flight attendants to 60 years from its current 45 years age cap.
The performance of each of these outsourced employees will be evaluated by the airline management on an annual basis from which a new contract will be offered if their performance is commendable.
The airline management also clarified that the same 60 years maximum age limit shall apply to ground employees as well.
Extending employment to these aging attendants will undoubtedly incur costs to the airline annually. To stem that possibility or at least reduce the cost of annual salary allocation, Thai Airways will offer those flight attendants who are 45 years or older a "mutual separation plan", essentially a retirement package ahead of their 60th birthday. Flight attendants who want to avail of the package shall only accept it voluntarily, rather than obligatory.
On the occasion of the announcement, Sorajak Kasemsuvan was officially appointed by the Board as the new President of Thai Airways Intl.
THAI's Executive-Vice President and acting President, Chokchai Panyayong also revealed that the flag carrier saw an increase of its cabin factor to 78.8% for the month of August as compared to 74.8% in July. The cabin factor is a term used in the airline industry for the percentage of seats sold in a given period.
The official also said that the national flag carrier will soon have a more flexible flight schedule setting as Thai AirAsia will move to Don Mueang Airport all of its operations from Suvarnabhumi Airport on October 1.
Furthermore, Mr. Panyayong said that the airline is planning to increase its flight frequency next year by 10 percent as soon as they take delivery of the superjumbo A380.
THAI carried 1.78 million passengers in August this year, up by 9.8 percent over the same period last year which saw a total of only 1.62 million.
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