THAI Cancels Flights to Europe Due to Volcano Eruption in Iceland

Thai Airways International Public Company Limited announces the cancellation of flights to Europe due to air space closure as a result of volcanic activity in Iceland yesterday morning.

Mr. Piyasvasti Amranand, THAI President, said that volcanic ash cloud in Iceland caused air space closure in Scandinavia and Northern European countries resulted in air traffic disruption control throughout several European countries, prohibiting airlines from operating flights to and from Europe. Therefore the Company has canceled a total of 10 flights to Norway, UK, Denmark, Sweden and France as follows:

Flights on Friday 16 April 2010
 
Flight Number       Destination                  Flight Time
 

TG911                        London – Bangkok                  1230 – 0605*1 hrs
TG931                        Paris     – Bangkok                  1340 – 0555*1 hrs
TG951                        Copenhagen – Bangkok          1425 – 0600*1 hrs
TG955                        Oslo       – Bangkok                 1415 – 0615*1 hrs
TG961                        Stockholm – Bangkok              1430 – 0550*1 hrs
 
THAI advises passengers to check the status of their flights according to the Company’s announcements. For more information, please call THAI Contact Center at 0-2356-1111, 24 hours or your local THAI sales offices.