| One-Two-GO Airlines วัน ทู โก แอร์ไลน์ |
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ICAO OTG |
Callsign THAI EXPRESS |
| Founded | 3 December 2003 | |
| Hubs | Don Mueang Int'l Airport | |
| Fleet size | 7 | |
| Destinations | 5 | |
| Parent company | Orient Thai Airlines | |
| Company slogan | "Do it by Heart" | |
| Headquarters | Bangkok, Thailand | |
| Key people | Udom Tantiprasongchai (Chairman) | |
| Website: http://www.fly12go.com | ||
One-Two-GO Airlines (Thai: วัน-ทู-โก แอร์ไลน์) is a low-cost airline based in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] One-Two-Go is banned from flight in European Union nations due to safety concerns. [2]
One-Two-Go is operated by Orient Thai Airlines. The owner and CEO is Udom Tantiprasongchai. On 16 September 2007 One-Two-Go flight OG269 crashed on landing in Phuket, Thailand, killing 90 passengers. After a public outcry about unsafe and illegal flight by the airline, the Thai Department of Civil Aviation DCA grounded One-Two-Go for 56 days beginning July 23, 2008, and gave Orient Thai Airlines 30 days to improve its flight operations following accusations of poor flight operations surrounding the crash of One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269. The airline was suspended 3 times by the DCA until passed safety audits and resumed services in December 2008[3].
Its main base is Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok.[4]
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History
The airline started operations on 3 December 2003.[4]
Incidents and accidents
- One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269, an MD-82 flying from Bangkok with 123 passengers and seven crew members, crashed in strong winds and heavy rain after attempting to land at Phuket International Airport on 16 September 2007. The aircraft was mostly destroyed in the blazing inferno that soon developed after the crash as the fuselage tore in two. 90 people were killed. 45 of the dead were foreigners.[5] Officials stated that weather was a probable factor.[6][7]. The cause of the crash was later determined to be flight crew error caused by systemic failures at the airline and with Thailand's Civil Aviation Authority, DCA[8]
- 8 April 2009 The European Commission added One-Two-GO Airlines to its blacklist of airline operators banned from entering European airspace. [9]
Destinations
Asia
- Thailand (Domestic)
Fleet
The One-Two-GO Airlines fleet consists the following aircraft [2]:
- Operated by Orient Thai Airlines
This airline is in negotiations with Japan Airlines to purchase several used MD-80s aircraft for expansion.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Contact Us." One-Two-GO Airlines. Retrieved on 22 February 2009.
- ^ "[1]." EU Bans Thai, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Benin Airlines From EU.
- ^ One-two-GO set to fly again, by Boonsong Kositchotethana. Retrieved 01/11/2008
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 59. 2007-04-10.
- ^ BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Scores killed in Thai plane crash
- ^ Yahoo.com[dead link]
- ^ "Crash airline has history of safety doubts," The Australian
- ^ "ONE-TWO-GO AIRLINES Pilot error blamed for crash". Bangkok Post. 2008-07-21. http://www.bangkokpost.com/210708_News/21Jul2008_news008.php. Retrieved on 2008-07-21.
- ^ http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/560&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
- ^ http://www.fly12go.com
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