Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Star Alliance i kēia lā i nā hoʻolālā no THAI Smile Airways e lilo i mea hoʻohui e pili hou ana i kāna pūnaewele honua.
Ua ʻae ka Luna Hoʻokele Nui o Star Alliance, e hālāwai ana ma nā ʻaoʻao o ka 75th IATA Annual General Meeting ma Seoul, i ka noi ʻana o THAI Smile Airways e lilo i ʻāpana o ke kumu hoʻohālike o ka Alliance's Connecting Partner.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hoʻohālikelike o ka Partner Partner e Star Alliance i ka mahina ʻo Iune 2016 e kākoʻo i kāna kime lālā.
I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka lālā piha i ka Alliance, e koi ana i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina kalepa me nā lālā piha āpau, kāhea ka laulā ʻoihana Partner āpau i nā pili kalepa me ka liʻiliʻi o ʻekolu mau halihali wale nō.
ʻO nā mea kūʻai aku e huakaʻi ana i kahi ala hele me kahi hoʻololi ma waena o kahi mokulele lālā o Star Alliance a me kahi Partner Hoʻohui e hāʻawi ʻia i nā pono ʻoihana Alliance e like me ka mea kaʻa a me nā ukana ma o ka nānā ʻana. Hoʻohui, nā mea kūʻai aku i loaʻa iā Star Alliance Gula Kūlana i kā lākou papahana lele pinepine e leʻaleʻa i nā pono o nā mea kūʻai aku maikaʻi.
Ke hoʻokō ʻia nā koi a pau, i manaʻo ʻia e ka hopena o ka makahiki, e lilo ʻo THAI Smile Airways i ʻelua pili pili, e hui pū ana me Juneyao Airlines i komo i 2017.
E ʻae aku nā hoa pili e ʻae ʻo Star Alliance e pani i nā āpau kikowaena i loaʻa i kahi pae ʻāina. Hoʻohui ʻo THAI Smile Airways i nā wahi hou he 11 i ka pūnaewele ʻo Star Alliance, aia ma kahi o 1,300 mau kahua mokulele ma 194 mau ʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jeffrey Goh, ʻo Star Alliance CEO: "ʻEkolu mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻolauna ʻana o ka papahana hou, ua hauʻoli wau e hoʻolaha aku ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo THAI Smile e lilo i Star Alliance Connecting Partner aʻe, nāna e kākoʻo iā mākou i ka hoʻoikaika hou ʻana i ko mākou kūlana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi. ʻupena hoʻolele mokulele.
ʻO ka launa pū me kā mākou Partner Hoʻohui mua, ʻo Juneyao Airlines, ua ʻoi aku i kā mākou mau mea like a ke kakali nei mākou i mua i ka hāʻawi ʻana aku i nā mea kūʻai aku me nā koho hou aʻe ma o ka hoʻohui o ka hāʻawi THAI Smile Airways ".
ʻO Charita Leelayudth, Luna Hoʻokele, THAI Smile Airways i ʻōlelo: "Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka Star Alliance Chief Executive Board i ke kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo no THAI Smile e hoʻomaka me kā mākou noi e lilo i Star Alliance Connecting Partner. Hāʻawi kēia iā mākou i ka manawa kūpono kū hoʻokahi e hāʻawi a pōmaikaʻi ai mai ka pūnaewele Alliance ikaika a i ka manawa like e alualu ai i kā mākou ʻoihana ponoʻī, e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻike huakaʻi kiʻekiʻe loa no ka poʻe huakaʻi hou i nā kumukūʻai kumukūʻai. "
Ua hoʻomaka ka mokulele ma Bangkok e hoʻokō i ka ʻenehana kūpono a me nā loulou pāʻoihana e ʻae ai iā THAI Smile e hoʻomaka i ka lawelawe ʻana i Star Alliance e hoʻohui ana i nā mea holo i ka makahiki 2020. E like me ia manawa, e hāʻawi ana ka mokulele i nā pono no ke koho ʻana i nā huakaʻi Star Alliance Gold Status e hele nei i ka hoʻohui nā ala hele, e laʻa me ka Prior-Check-in, Thai Smile Lounge Access, a me ka Priority Baggage Delivery.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “Three years after the introduction of the new programme, I am pleased to announce that THAI Smile is set to become the next Star Alliance Connecting Partner, which will support us in further strengthening our position as the leading airline alliance network.
- The Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance, meeting on the sides of the 75th IATA Annual General Meeting in Seoul, approved the application of THAI Smile Airways to become a part the Alliance's Connecting Partner model.
- Customers travelling on an itinerary which includes a transfer between a Star Alliance member airline and a Connecting Partner will be offered standard Alliance benefits such as passenger and baggage through check-in.
