P.C. Air
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| Founded | 2010 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2012 | ||||||
| Hubs | Suvarnabhumi Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Website | pcairline.com | ||||||
P.C. Air[2] was a short-lived Thai charter airline based at Suvarnabhumi Airport that operated from 2010 to 2012.
History
The airline was founded by Khun Peter Chan ("P.C.") in 2010. In January 2012, the PC Air's sole aircraft was impounded at South Korea's Incheon International Airport, leaving its passengers without alternative transport.[3] The airline sued its Korean sales agent, Skyjet, and oil company Jae Sin for 1.5 billion baht in compensation for damage to its reputation.[4] Despite attempts to find an investor, the airline ceased operations entirely in the same year after this incident.[5]
PC Air was the first airline in Thailand to hire Transgender flight attendants, they only selected four out of hundreds of applicants based on strict criteria and background check.[6]
The aircraft belonging to PC Air is now at Rajamangala University (Pathumthani, Thailand) being renovated in preparation for being used as a training aid for students in the aviation engineering department.
Fleet
As of November 2012, the P.C. Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[5]
References
- ^ "Airline and Location Code Search".
- ^ "P.C. Air on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ "Investor plans take-off for ailing PC Air | Bangkok Post: business". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15.
- ^ "PC Air sues Koreans for B1.5bn". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15.
- ^ a b "P.C. Air to resume operations with new investor and B767-300ERs?". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ "PHOTOS: Thailand's Transgender Flight Attendants". HuffPost. 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
External links
Media related to P.C. Air at Wikimedia Commons