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Thai Airways International Forging Ahead With Return-To-Profitability Transformation Plan

2021-05-30T15:08:21Z

KatriceBooth588:

At the same time, the Thai airline is doubling the frequency on its Bangkok-London and Bangkok-Frankfurt frequencies, to twice daily. Key elements of the restructuring are a plan to cut 1,401 jobs through voluntary retirement in 2015 and a suspension of flights to Los Angeles and, in February 2016, to Rome. The Thai national carrier aims to reduce operating costs and capacity by 20 per cent under the two year plan, which also calls for the sale of aircraft. As of 30 June 2015, the Thai Airways fleet stood at 94 aircraft, following the decommissioning of one aircraft and delivery of two new aircraft. The fleet includes two Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners, which offer passengers a 'great sense of space, wide sculptured ceilings, large windows with dimmers and less jetlag'. The Thai airline was earlier this year given a 9.5 out of 10 score for its Economy Class on the 787 Dreamliner, by Airlineratings.com site and editorial manager Sharon Petersen who flew a six-and-a-half hour overnight trip from Bangkok to Perth. Another international accolade for the airline's service came in its being awarded second best rank for 'Best Airline Asia' from leading Asia travel marketing organization Go Asia. The award was earned for efforts and positive impact in travel and tourism growth in Asia. Thai Airways offered staff the opportunity to participate in the Mutual Separation Plan (MSP) and a similar Golden Handshake program for cabin crew, in order to manage job positions that were affected from flight and route adjustments. The staff reduction programs have the aim of helping improve personnel expense structure as well as reducing longer time expense. Effective from 25 October 2015 with its international winter schedule 2015/2016, Thai Airways will temporarily suspend its four times a week Bangkok-Seoul-Los Angeles service, and reduce frequency on its Bangkok-Kolkata service from ten flights a week to one flight daily. The [https://www.b2bmarketing.net/search/gss/suspension suspension] of the four times a week Bangkok-Rome service has been postponed and the carrier's flights between the Thai and Italian capital cities will now be suspended in February 2016. The winter schedule will see more choice for those wanting to book flights from Bangkok to London and vice versa, with the current schedule of seven flights per week (once daily) being doubled to 14 flights per week (twice daily) operated by Airbus 380-800 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Flights from Bangkok to Frankfurt and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] vice versa will also be doubled, from the current seven weekly flights (once daily) to 14 weekly flights (twice daily) and also using Airbus 380-800 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The winter schedule will see also see the national flag carrier transfer selected routes to subsidiary THAI Smile, which will operate them with smaller aircraft and aim for better efficiency and cost effectiveness. THAI Smile will operate the Bangkok-Hyderabad, Bangkok-Luang Prabang and Bangkok-Changsha routes once receiving permission from the respective aviation authorities to operate to these destinations. Thai Airways said the suspension of routes was on a temporary basis, and the company would review these again at a later date under the transformation plan. Thai Airways said once its operations had strengthened and it was more confident of competing well to and from the respective destinations, it would resume the suspended flights. Thai Airways meanwhile continues serving its European destinations, issuing a statement that it operates under the high safety standards of the European Aviation Safety Agency. The statement followed a red flag given Thailand by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in June 2015 over significant safety concerns within the country's aviation sector. Thai Airways International president Charamporn Jotikasthira said the European Commission's EU Air Safety List updated on 25 June 2015 did not include the Thai airline and as such it would continue to operate regularly scheduled flights to Europe. THAI operates flights from Bangkok to Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Brussels, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm, Zurich, Rome and Milan on either a direct or one stop basis. In the United Kingdom, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] it flies direct to London Heathrow and recently introduced Airbus A380 equipment on to this daily route. Thai Airways International Public Company Limited is the national flag carrier airline of Thailand, operating out of Suvarnabhumi Airport, offering flight service to 35 countries. THAI is a founding member of the Star Alliance.

German Bakery Helps Deaf Chinese Earn Their Daily Bread

2021-05-30T09:28:53Z

KatriceBooth588:

Bach's Bakery in the central Chinese city of Changsha employs mainly hearing-impaired staff The oven's warm glow and aroma of fresh bread signal the morning rush at Bach's Bakery in the central Chinese city of Changsha, but although the baking staff chatter excitedly, you could hear a pin drop. Bach's employs mainly hearing-impaired staff, whose banter over trays of pumpkin bread, Danish sausage rolls and apple turnovers is done entirely in sign language. The operation, owned and operated by German national Uwe Brutzer, provides work opportunities that are often hard to come by for his employees. Despite growing awareness of disabled needs, life remains a challenge for China's hearing impaired, officially estimated at between 20 and 30 million. Hearing-impaired employees use sign language while working at the bakery run by Uwe Brutzer in Changsha in central China It's difficult to "make good money and get an education," said Wan Ting, a 28-year-old employed by Bach's since 2017 after a previous unsuccessful stint in advertising design. "It's hard (to find work) in other places. You need to know someone to be able to find good work. If not, you have few options," added Wan, hearing-impaired since birth and speaking via sign language translated by Brutzer. With their communication challenges, the hearing-impaired are often steered into work requiring skilful use of the hands, said the 50-year-old Brutzer, making the bakery a [https://www.change.org/search?q=nice%20fit nice fit]. The bakery has done good business despite the coronavirus pandemic, going viral this summer thanks to a spate of feel-good Chinese media coverage Bach and his wife Dorothee first came to Changsha in 2002 with a German charity to help hearing-impaired children. He took over the bakery in 2011 and has since trained around 20 bakers. Most go on to work in other bakeries, restaurants or hotels. But other aspects of running a business -- hiring, working with suppliers, talking to customers -- pose major challenges to opening their own bake shops. "Two of our very experienced bakers (have tried), but they both closed their shops later again. It was too much hassle for them," he said. German national Uwe Brutzer (back L) took over the bakery in 2011 and has since trained around 20 bakers The bright and compact bakery has had a devoted local clientele for years in the city -- known more for [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] its peppery Hunan cuisine -- despite being hidden in a non-descript residential side alley. Bakery margins are thin, however, and Bach's has struggled, said Brutzer. But things are looking up, despite China's traumatic coronavirus lockdowns earlier this year. Moving to no-touch take-out service during the epidemic kept volumes humming, and Bach's went viral this summer thanks to a spate of feel-good Chinese media coverage. Today, a loud creak from the front door announces a new customer every few minutes and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] business is up five-fold from last year, said Brutzer. The challenge now is meeting demand. "But that will slow down, I hope, to a good level where we can pay better salaries and people will be happier," he said.

Volkswagen Group To Suspend Production Warns Of Difficult Year

2021-05-29T16:33:57Z

KatriceBooth588:

FRANKFURT, March 17 (Reuters) - Volkswagen, the world's largest carmaker, said it is preparing to shut down its factories as a way to curb the spread of the coronavirus and warned that 2020 will be a very difficult year. "Given the present significant deterioration in the sales situation and the heightened uncertainty regarding parts supplies to our plants, production is to be suspended in the near future at factories operated by Group brands," Chief Executive Herbert Diess said on Tuesday. Production will be halted at Spanish plants, in Setubal in Portugal, Bratislava in Slovakia and at the Lamborghini and Ducati plants in Italy before the end of this week, he said. Most of the other German and European plants will begin preparing to [http://www.healthable.org/?s=suspend suspend] production, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] probably for two to three weeks, VW said. By contrast, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] production in China has been resumed with the exception of the VW factories in Changsha and Urumqi. Chief Financial Officer Frank Witter said, "2020 will be a very difficult year. The corona pandemic presents us with unknown operational and financial challenges. At the same time, there are concerns about sustained economic impacts." (Reporting by Edward Taylor Editing by Riham Alkousaa)

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2021-05-29T16:33:39Z

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