Thai Airways falls behind Singapore Airlines Group with regional connectivity: Part 1
Thai Airways will enter a new phase over the next year as it completes its transformation plan and starts to consider potential options for resuming expansion. Regional international growth is the most logical area to focus on, using the group's full service short haul subsidiary Thai Smile.
Thai Smile currently only serves four international destinations. As Thai Airways mainline transitions to an all-widebody fleet the group will need a much larger international network from Thai Smile.
Thai Airways should also examine better integration of Thai Smile, following the model used by Singapore Airlines (SIA) with its full service regional subsidiary SilkAir. The current setup, including separate reservation systems and sales teams, is far from ideal and must be improved in order for the Thai Airways Group to close the gap with the SIA Group in key markets such as China, India and ASEAN.
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