New Gen Airways
New Gen Airways was the trading name for NewGen Airways Company Limited (Thai: บริษัท นิวเจน แอร์เวย์ส จำกัด) (formerly Sabaidee Airways Company Limited (Thai: บริษัท สบายดีแอร์เวย์ส จำกัด)), a Thai international airline that concentrated on flights from Thailand to China. It operated both scheduled- and non-scheduled (charter) services from 6 main Thailand hubs, Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, U-Tapao International Airport, Krabi International Airport, Phuket International Airport, Surat Thani International Airport and Nakhon Ratchasima Airport in the southern cities of Krabi, Phuket and Surat Thani, to a total of 30 destinations in China.
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Founded | July 2012 (as Sabaidee Airways) | ||||||
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Ceased operations | October 2019[1] | ||||||
Hubs | Don Mueang International Airport Krabi International Airport Phuket International Airport Surat Thani International Airport Nakhon Ratchasima Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
Destinations | 37 | ||||||
Headquarters | Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand | ||||||
Key people | Mr. Jarurnpong Sornprasit (CEO) | ||||||
Website | www.newgenairways.com |
In August 2019, New Gen Airways suspended all flight operations.[2] In October of the same year, the airline forfeited its whole fleet, thus ceasing all operations.[1]
History
The airline received an air operator's certificate in January 2014.[3]
Destinations
- From Bangkok – Don Mueang International Airport (Primary Hub)
- Changsha – Changsha Huanghua International Airport
- Fuzhou – Fuzhou Changle International Airport
- Guilin – Guilin Liangjiang International Airport
- Guiyang – Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport
- Hiroshima – Hiroshima Airport[4]
- Hefei – Hefei International Airport
- Huai'an – Huai'an Lianshui Airport
- Huangshan – Huangshan Tunxi International Airport
- Jinan – Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport
- Jinjiang – Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport
- Nanchang – Nanchang Changbei International Airport
- Nanning – Nanning Wuxu International Airport
- Ningbo – Ningbo Lishe International Airport
- Wenzhou – Wenzhou Longwan International Airport
- Wuxi – Sunan Shuofang International Airport
- Xuzhou – Xuzhou Guanyin Airport
- Zhangjiajie – Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport
- Yiwu – Yiwu Airport
- From Krabi – Krabi Airport
- Jinan – Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport
- Tianjin – Tianjin Binhai International Airport
- Wuhan – Wuhan Tianhe International Airport
- Changsha – Changsha Huanghua International Airport
- Nanning – Nanning Wuxu International Airport
- From Phuket – Phuket Airport
Domestic Destinations
- From Nakhon Ratchasima – Nakhon Ratchasima Airport (Hub)
Former Destinations
Fleet
As of June 2018 the New Gen Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft[9][10]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers (Economy) |
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Boeing 737-400 | 3 | — | 168 | |
Boeing 737-800 | 8 | 2[9] | 189 | One Leased to LOT Polish Airlines |
Total | 11 | — |
References
- Airline bankruptcies, 2019 list is open
- ""นิวเจน"ขอหยุดบินหลังสู้ไม่ไหวธุรกิจแข่งเดือด" (in Thai). Daily News (Thailand). 25 August 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- "Who We are". Archived from the original on 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- "タイのLCC、初の広島空港便 8月にチャーター便で". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 21 June 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- https://www.ngairways.com/flightschedule
- https://www.ngairways.com/flightschedule
- http://www.nationtv.tv/main/content/economy-business/378574223/
- http://www.nationtv.tv/main/content/economy-business/378574223/
- "นิวเจนแอร์เวย์สฉลองก้าวสู่ปีที่ 5 เพิ่มฝูงบินใหม่ 2 ลำ สยายปีกเปิดเส้นทางบินใหม่ ดอนเมือง-ญี่ปุ่น" (Press release) (in Thai). 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- "Our Fleet". ngairways.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.