One-Two-GO Airlines

posted on 20 Feb 2009 12:37 by prempcc1

One-Two-GO Airlines (Thai: วัน-ทู-โก แอร์ไลน์) is a low-cost airline based inBangkok, Thailand. Its main base is Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok.^[1]

One-Two-Go is operated by Orient Thai Airlines. The owner and CEO is Udom N. Tantiprasongchai. On September 16, 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 AviationDCA 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^[2].

History

The airline started operations as Thailands FIRST LOW COST AIRLINE on December 3, 2003^[1] with aBangkok-Chiang Mai service.

[edit]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.^[3] Officials stated that weather was a probable factor.^[4]^[5]. 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^[6]

[edit]Destinations

As of September 2008, Orient Thai has suspended all flights. As of beginning of 2009 they start operating again. Now they fly again between Bangkok Don Muang (old Domestic airport) and Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hat Yai, Phuket and newly to TRANG !

In May 2007, One-Two-GO operated scheduled flights to the following destinations:^[7]