New Thai airline focuses on the South

A new airline founded by a Thai aircraft dealer and technology trading company plans to operate short domestic flights in the South, banking on high-spending local travellers. Dhanee Dharapak, CE of M-Landarch, said as an authorised dealer of Cessna turboprop aircraft, as well as a maintenance and repair service provider for this type of plane, the company has the expertise to launch EZY Airlines. M-Landarch was founded by Dhanee in 2005 with registered capital of 92.7m baht to sell aviation software and Cessna turboprops to buyers in Thailand. According to the Department of Business Development database, M-Landarch earned 296m baht in revenue with 13m baht in net profit last year. He said the company gained a total profit of about 70m baht during the past five years. The firm plans to raise another 200m baht to register EZY Airlines as a new company this year, with Dhanee assuming the role of CE and managing director. Describing itself as a flying shuttle bus, EZY Airlines will initially have only two pilots, without flight attendants or food service, he said. The company plans to use a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan Ex with 12 seats to operate one-hour flights. EZY Airlines already obtained an air operator licence from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand, and acquired one new aircraft. The airline is in the process of document evaluation and preparing for an on-site and operational audit to obtain an air operator certificate by July.<br/>