Airports of Thailand (AOT) has given the go ahead for Bangkok-based ASA Group to develop Thailand’s first world-class fixed base operation at Phuket International Airport. The move is a clear indication that the country has overcome its recent troubles when demonstrators seized control of Bangkok’s International Suvarnabhumi Airport. Read the rest of this entry …

Pacific Blue has applied to the International Air Services Commission (IASC) for the rights to fly between Australia and Phuket, Thailand, up to seven times per week. If approved, the flights to Phuket would be flown by 180-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft and would mark the second Asian destination for Pacific Blue, following the successful launch of flights late last year to Bali from Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth. Read the rest of this entry …

When there is blood in the streets, can you sell real estate, even if it is your own? That is the question facing property developers, brokers and investors here. The island, Thailand’s largest, is one of Asia’s top markets for vacation villas. Behind the casuarina trees along “Millionaire’s Mile,” luxury multimillion-dollar homes perch on cliffs, their marble swimming pools looking out west over the Andaman Sea. Along Phuket’s roads, billboards tout “no risk” deals and flash pictures of fancy seafront apartments. Read the rest of this entry …