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Nok Air Gets Help from Boeing
17th Mar 2016
For the next three months, six instructors, directly arriving from Boeing, will be teaching Nok Air’s pilots and raising their skills to global standards.
Their presence and instructions should help the struggling Thai airline to meet the tough EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) standards. Both organizations have red-flagged the country’s aviation industry for its failures since 2015.
Nok Air did not say how much the training program would cost, or how many pilots it will send to be trained by Boeing’s instructors.
Speaking about the program and what it would mean to Nok Air’s customers, airline’s Chief Executive Officer Patee Sarasin said:
Our passengers deserve to be flown by the best pilots in the world and we are working diligently to see that our quality is excellent as our operations continue to expand.
Patee also said the training program should strengthen the capabilities of the carrier’s pilots and co-pilots.
Nok Air’s Biggest Problem is Shortage of Pilots
The carrier currently has to deal with a myriad of different problems, the biggest of which is the fact that its pilots are abandoning it following a dispute with the upper management. This even led to several of its pilots staging a walk out in February, causing a number of scheduled flights from Don Muang Airport to be cancelled.
Right now, because of all of this, the carrier is short on pilots and had to cancel a fair share of flights in February and March and is also under official investigation, which should determine whether it had went over the pilots’ legal flight hour limits.
Nok Air has also posted an flywithus@nokair.com.
Boeing Delivers One More B737 to Nok Air
As of Thursday, Nok Air has a total of 21 Boeing in its fleet, after the aircraft manufacturer sent another of its B737 planes to the budget Thailand carrier.
Nok Air’s fleet consists entirely of B737. In addition to those, Nok Air is also waiting on 12 more B737 “Next Generation” planes, which it directly bought from the manufacturer. Three of those are already in use by the carrier, including the one mentioned.
In a press release, Nok Air CEO said:
We are extremely pleased to welcome another new 737-800 to our growing all-Boeing fleet. The 737 provides us with the efficiency and reliability that is needed to succeed in today’s competitive environment. This airplane will continue to form the backbone of our fleet and we look forward to providing our customers with the best flying experience onboard our new airplanes.
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