Bangkok--Oct 31--Thai Airways International
Thai Airways International Public Company Limited announced that the company is transporting relief goods to Pakistan in support of the Thai Red Cross Society, under the Royal Patronage of Her Majesty the Queen of Thailand. The relief goods will go towards assisting individuals affected by the earthquake in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and will be transported on board the first flight TG509 routed Bangkok — Islamabad on 2 November 2005.
Mr. Somchainuk Engtrakul, THAI’s Board Member Acting as President, said that THAI is supporting Pakistan earthquake relief efforts, based on Her Majesty the Queen’s grant of relief funds and goods through the Thai Red Cross Society to assist those in need. Relief goods will be used in assisting those affected by the earthquake that affected the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, as a substantial number of Pakistani people are in need of emergency assistance following the natural disaster. Items that will be transported include emergency relief goods for sustaining life, blood donations, medical solution for testing blood types, at a total weight of 10,000 kilograms. These relief goods will be transported on board THAI’s first flight on the route Bangkok — Islamabad and transferred to the Pakistan Red Cross Society, via the Royal Thai Embassy in Islamabad.
Furthermore, Mr. Engtrakul as Assistant to the Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office has received directives from H.E. Pol. Lt. Dr. Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand, to transport relief goods, at 5 tons of food supplies and medicine, as well as 10,000 blankets from Thai Airways International. Relief goods will be presented to H.E. Mr. Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Islamabad.
The company will begin service on its new route Bangkok — Islamabad during the Winter Program 2005/06, at two flights per week on Wednesdays and Fridays, utilizing Airbus A300-600 aircraft, with the first flight operating on 2 November 2005 onwards. Islamabad is the third destination that THAI operates to in Pakistan, in addition to Lahore and Karachi. End.