Thai Smile starts services

Thai International Airways have launched a new subsidiary carrier Thai Smile. Their first aircraft an A320 registered as HS-TXA can hold up to 174 passengers. The new carrier has 11 more A320's on order and they are all scheduled to be delivered before the end of mid 2015. The first route for the Airline is a Bangkok to Macau route which has a twice daily rotation. Thai Smile are planning on launching domestic routes until it settles and then look into the mid/long haul industry.