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Orient Thai Airlines Co., Ltd. is an airline based in Bangkok, Thailand. It operates charter and scheduled services in Southeast Asia. Its main base is Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok.^[1]

The airline was formerly known as Cambodian International Airlines. Orient Thai ceased scheduled operations on 9 January 1998, but continues to operate charter services on behalf of Kampuchea Airlines. Scheduled operations have since been restarted. It is wholly owned by private Thai shareholders and has 820 employees (at March 2007). Orient Thai wholly owns One-Two-GO Airlines and has a 49% stake in Kampuchea Airlines.^[1]

Orient Thai Airlines was Asia’s first international charter operator. Along with its subsidiary, Kampuchea Airlines, it provided services to other airlines including Finnair, Lufthansa, LTU International and Merpati. It transported refugees around the world for the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM), including returning people to Kosovo from Australia and helping Timorese return to East Timor in 1999 after it won its independence from Indonesia. It became a designated UN carrier, transporting troops for peacekeeping operations worldwide. Orient Thai aircraft also fly Muslim Hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for various clients, including Air India and the Saudi royal family. At the peak of its charter work Orient Thai Airlines' subsidiary operated eight Boeing 747s and seven McDonnell Douglas MD-80s aircraft.^{[citation needed]}

Korean and Japanese authorities stated that Orient Thai had safety issues. The South Korean Ministry of Construction and Transport stated that Orient Thai and two other low-cost Thai carriers had frequent delays and safety deficiencies. In 2004 an Orient Thai jet, supposed to fly over Tokyo Bay on its approach to Tokyo International Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, instead flew at an altitude of 540 meters over Tokyo Station in Chiyoda and the Nihonbashi district in Chūō and passed within 200 meters of the Tokyo Tower in Minato. [1].

On Sunday 16 September 2007, One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269, operated by the low-cost, domestic arm of Orient Thai Airlines, crashed while attempting to land in heavy rain at Phuket airport, killing 90 people.^[2]

As of May 2007, Orient Thai Airlines operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:^[3]

• China
  • Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport)
  • Guangzhou (Guangzhou International Airport)
• South Korea
  • Seoul (Incheon International Airport)
• Thailand
  • Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport)
  • Phuket (Phuket International Airport)
• Maldives
  • Male' (Male' International Airport )
• Nepal
  • Kathmandu (Tribhuvan Airport)
• Pakistan
  • Karachi (Jinnah International Airport)
• Saudi Arabia
  • Jeddah (Jeddah International Airport)

Orient Thai Airlines Boeing 747 at Incheon.

As of May 2007, the Orient Thai Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[4]

• 1 Boeing 747-100
• 2 Boeing 747-100B
• 2 Boeing 747-200B
• 1 Boeing 747-300
• (12 orders) Boeing 737-900
• (8 orders) Boeing 787-9

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