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65-550: Durgawati (also called Durgaoti or Durgauti) is a community development block in Kaimur district in Indian state of Bihar . It is geographically located between 25° 12' 41" north latitude and 83° 31' 51" east longitude. It is located at an altitude of 76 m (249 ft) above mean sea level. Its headquarters is 30.6 km by road north of the district headquarters, Bhabua , on National Highway 19 (old NH 2 ). Durgawati

130-441: A Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil , administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technical specialists and village-level workers. A community development block covers several gram panchayats ,

195-413: A CD Block, which is a subdivision of a district , exclusively for rural development. The concept of the community development block was first suggested by Grow More Food (GMF) Enquiry Committee in 1952 to address the challenge of multiple rural development agencies working without a sense of common objectives. Based on the committee's recommendations, the community development programme was launched on

260-595: A Category 2 rating, Thailand's air carriers can continue existing routes to the United States but they won't be allowed to establish new routes to the United States." The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) declined to blacklist any Thai carriers following a review of certain carriers in November 2015. Thai later received third country operator (TCO) certification from the EU, effective 15 December 2015, authorizing

325-590: A bakery production facility, food supply for airline lounges, as well as food production for banquet services and Thai Catering restaurants in domestic airports around the country. Another facility is open for producing food for flights departing from in Krabi Airport. Thai Catering received the Best Economy Class Onboard Catering Award from Skytrax between 2011-2014 and 2016-2018. In 1995, after reporting losses within

390-575: A colour that is used throughout the airline from uniforms to interior cabin colour schemes. In 1999, THAI first painted the Royal Barge Suphannahong aircraft livery on its Boeing 747-400 (HS-TGJ) aircraft, royally bestowed the name “Haripunchai” on the occasion of the Sixth Cycle Birthday of King Rama IX. This also applied on another Boeing 747-400 (HS-TGO, Bowonrangsi ), making both aircraft identical. To mark

455-462: A fully independent national airline in the shortest possible time. Thai nationals were gradually able to assume full managerial responsibility and the number of expatriate staff duly decreased, with expatriates accounting for less than one percent of staff based in Thailand in 1987. The airline's first intercontinental services using Douglas DC-8s started in 1971 to Australia , and then to Europe

520-610: A long-standing cooperative relationship and both our countries work continuously to meet the challenge of ensuring aviation safety. A Category 2 International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) rating means that the country either lacks laws or regulations necessary to oversee air carriers in accordance with minimum international standards, or its civil aviation authority—a body equivalent to the FAA for aviation safety matters—is deficient in one or more areas, such as technical expertise, trained personnel, record-keeping, or inspection procedures. With

585-479: A new route network management system. Following implementation, flight schedules were synchronized, allowing international passengers to transit via Bangkok Suvarnabhumi more conveniently. Thai planned to adjust thirteen route schedules, mainly in Japan , Australia , and India . Routes to Perth and Brisbane were announced. In February 2023, it has been announced that subsidiary Thai Smile will be dissolved as

650-484: A part of the financial reconstruction. All the Thai Smile aircraft are to be reabsorbed by THAI Airways. Thai Catering began operations on 20 April 1960 by renting out a hangar at Don Mueang Airport for airline meal production. The current headquarters are located at Suvarnabhumi Airport in a 120,000 square meters facility and is able to produce 87,000 meals per day. The facility at Don Mueang Airport remains in use as

715-416: A pilot basis in 1952 to provide for a substantial increase in the country's agricultural programme , and for improvements in systems of communication, in rural health and hygiene, and in rural education and also to initiate and direct a process of integrated culture change aimed at transforming the social and economic life of villagers. The community development programme was rapidly implemented. In 1956, by

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780-504: A return to the US using Boeing 787-9 by 2017. However, Charamporn Jothikastira, THAI president, turned down the possibility of returning to Los Angeles or New York City due to losses in the past. Instead, Thai considered other cities such as San Francisco and Seattle . While Thai Smile , its subsidiary, planned new regional routes such as Cebu , Medan , Surabaya , Chandigarh , Shantou and Tianjin . In August 2016, Thai introduced

845-523: A separate entity and merged into Thai Airways by 2024 in an effort to reduce losses. The last flight of Thai Smile occurred on December 31, 2023. The current safety video was introduced in 2018. Sueb Nakhasathien Foundation president Rungsit Kanjanavanit stated his belief that the video does not sufficiently reflect Thai culture as the animals and flowers used are more commonly found in South America. As part of THAI's broader growth strategy in

910-563: A series of restructuring initiatives, including a two-year deferral of its Airbus A380 deliveries, the carrier returned to a net profit of 2.5 billion baht. Thai's need for reform became evident in the first decade of the 21st century, but reforms, when they came, were invariably cut short. Thai's problems were threefold: ineffective leadership at the top; inexperienced boards; and a coddled union. Piyasvasti Amranand took Thai's helm in October 2009 after serving as energy minister. At Thai, he

975-662: A subsidiary of Bang Chak Corporation , with the aim of expanding the distribution of its products to at least 100 branches of Inthanin Coffee in Bang Chak gas stations by 2022. In 2006, Thai Airways moved its hub to the new Suvarnabhumi Airport . Coinciding with the arrival of new aircraft in the mid-2000s, as well as its new hub in Bangkok, the airline launched a brand renewal by introducing new aircraft livery, new aircraft seating, and revamped ground and air service. The logo on

1040-445: Is " DGO". Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport , Varanasi , commonly known as Babatpur Airport, is the nearest airport, 67 km from Durgawati. Indian carriers, including Air India and Spicejet and international carriers like Air India , Thai Airways International , Korean Air and Naaz Airlines , operate from here. Durgawati block contains the following 108 villages: Community development block In India ,

1105-612: Is 30 km southward from the railway station. The town is 196 km from Patna and 50 km from Varanasi by road. There are also a few State Highways in the city SH-14 . Mohania is connected to Buxar via Ramgarh from the south and with Bhabua ( district capital , Audhaura, Bhagwanpur ) from the south. The name of the railway station of Durgawati is Durgauti railway station , situated on Howrah–Gaya–Mughalsarai–New Delhi Grand Chord line. Dindayal Pandey and Sumit Pandey always demands for development of this station. They demands for stoppage of new train here. The station code

1170-704: Is dominated by flights to cities in Europe, Asia and Oceania flying to 30 countries as of August 2024 including 9 domestic routes. THAI was the first Asia-Pacific airline to serve Heathrow Airport . Among Asia-Pacific carriers, the company has one of the largest passenger operations in Europe serving 11 airports. As of 2024, the longest route THAI operates is the Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) to Heathrow Airport (LHR) (9,576 km [5,950 mi]). As of 2013, services between Bangkok and Los Angeles were served via Incheon International Airport near Seoul until

1235-484: Is no longer the majority shareholder, having reduced its holding to 47.86 percent from 51.03 percent. On 6 December 1987, services to Auckland in New Zealand were inaugurated. On 1 April 1988, then-Prime Minister Gen. Prem Tinsulanonda , merged the international and domestic operations of the two companies to form the present company, Thai Airways International, to have a single national carrier. On 25 June 1991,

1300-486: Is still regarded as a true reformer, imposing salary cuts for senior executives as part of his drive to reduce costs. He was voted out by the board in 2012 for what may have been political reasons. The board of directors was, after the 2014 Thai coup d'état , packed with military brass. Five civilian members were purged and replaced with five Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) generals, as was the board's chairman. The appointments ended Thai's policy of only appointing technocrats to

1365-563: Is the hub of transport routes in Kaimur district, next to Mohania . Durgawati has an average elevation of 76 metres (249 feet). Durgawati is divided into wards. In the south, there is a river called Durgauti which merges into the river Karamnasa . Durgawati is the hub of transport routes in Kaimur district, next to the city Mohania. The famous temple Mundeshawari Devi is situated in Kaimur district. The route for this temple goes through Durgawati. Public Transport or hired vehicles are available for

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1430-615: The Airbus A340-500 fleet it acquired in 2005, Thai commenced non-stop flights between Bangkok and New York , its first non-stop service to North America . The airline later converted an existing one-stop service (via Tokyo ) to Los Angeles into a non-stop flight using the same aircraft type. Citing very high fuel costs, Thai discontinued the New York service in July 2008, even though the airline had been able to fill 80 percent of

1495-693: The Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM). This article about government in India is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Thai Airways International Operating from its primary hub at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport , THAI currently serves 51 international and 10 domestic destinations using a fleet of 79 aircraft consisting of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft from both Boeing and Airbus with 89 aircraft on order as of October 2024, with plans to increase its fleet to 143 aircraft by 2029. Currently THAI's route network

1560-740: The "bio hub" of Asia. In April 2015, after an audit of the Thai Department of Civil Aviation, Thailand was downgraded from Category 1 to Category 2 due to negative audit results from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). On 1 December 2015, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced their reassessment of the safety rating for Thailand, downgrading it from a Category 1 to Category 2 country. The FAA stated, "U.S. and Thai aviation officials have

1625-542: The 1990s when Thai Airways began "buying every type of plane that was being manufactured." Different models meant that the airline had to train an army of technicians to keep differing airframes and engines from both General Electric and Rolls-Royce airworthy, significantly inflating maintenance costs. In the first decade of the 21st century, Thai Airways continued its route network expansion with new services to Chengdu , Busan , Chennai , Xiamen , Milan , Moscow , Islamabad , Hyderabad , Johannesburg , and Oslo . Using

1690-581: The 777 with one-stop service (with the 330 minute rule) would be indefinite for years to come; the airline had no plans to pursue newer North America destinations (e.g., Houston) or purchase the Boeing 747-8 for transpacific routes since is operating the Airbus A380 . The 2000s also saw Thai expand its Thai airport network beyond its Bangkok hub. The airline launched non-stop flights from Phuket to Tokyo–Narita , Seoul–Incheon and Hong Kong . During

1755-713: The Business Rehabilitation Plan and the amended plan, i.e. Mr. Piyasvasti Amranand, Mr. Pornchai Thiravet, Mr. Siri Jirapongphan, Mr. Kraisorn Barameeauychai, and Mr. Chansin Treenuchagron, has become the Plan Administrators who are authorized to operate THAI's business and implement the plan. On 1 July 2022, the Plan Administrator submitted the petition for plan amendment to the official receiver. On 1 September 2022,

1820-550: The Business Rehabilitation Plan of THAI, the Planner's clarification, and the official receiver's opinion regarding several issues, the Central Bankruptcy Court granted an order to approve THAI's Business Rehabilitation Plan as well as the amended plan following the acceptance resolution of the creditors' meeting on 19 May 2021. As a result, the Plan Administrator nominations whose names were proposed according to

1885-621: The Coronation of the King Rama X Thai Airways used a Boeing 777-300 (HS-TKF) to put the Suphannahong Royal Barge as its aircraft livery. The key trends of Thai Airways are (as at the financial year ending December 31): As of October 2019, Thai's accumulated debt amounted to more than 100 billion baht , prompting a deputy transport minister to question "...how serious the airline's executives were in dealing with

1950-832: The Council of State that it must shut down due to a technicality. In January 2017, a four-year investigation by the UK 's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) determined that aircraft engine-maker Rolls-Royce had paid bribes to Thai Airways employees and government employees in Thailand to secure orders for the Rolls-Royce T800 engine for its Boeing 777-200s. Rolls-Royce admitted to the charge and agreed to pay penalties. The illicit payments of US$ 36.38M took place between 1991 and 2005. Bribes were paid in three tranches : The government rejected calls for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to use his Section 44 powers to cut through red tape in

2015-566: The Official Receiver held the creditors’ meeting via electronic means (e-Meeting). The creditors who hold 78.59 percent of the total claims of the creditors, who attended the meeting and cast votes, accepted the amendment of the Business Reorganization Plan that the Plan Administrator submitted to the Official Receiver. On 20 October 2022, the Central Bankruptcy Court issued an order approving the proposal for

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2080-597: The Plan Administrators and THAI management. On 20 August 2020, then Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senniam announced some Thai Airways employees became unusually rich from the 2003-2004 10 Airbus A340 's procurement deal and other mismanaged projects, according to a police-led investigation team set up by the Ministry of Transport . The team is forwarding its findings to the National Anti-Corruption Commission and has been informed by

2145-548: The Plan amendment of the Company. On 21 October 2022, THAI informed the resignation of the Plan Administrator, effective as of October 21, 2022 as follows: 1. Mr. Kraisorn Barameeauychai 2. Mr. Siri Jirapongphan On 17 May 2023, Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) held a creditor committee’s meeting that reached a resolution in favor of the company’s restructuring of business operation in aviation as proposed by

2210-516: The airline ended its flights to the United States on 25 October 2015. As of the end of 2019, 1,438 of its 22,054 employees were pilots. Thai Airways International was founded in 1960 as a joint venture between Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), which held a 30 percent share of the new company valued at two million Thai baht , and Thailand's domestic carrier, Thai Airways Company ( Thai : เดินอากาศไทย ). SAS provided operational, managerial, and marketing expertise, with training aimed at building

2275-407: The airline is 410 billion baht in debt and 13,000 creditors. This include customers who simply bought tickets and not being refunded by Thai Airways. Most of those customers have waited for close to 2 years and still not being refunded although Thai Airways keeps selling new tickets. Its main creditors are the state-owned Krungthai and Government Savings Banks . The 50bn baht loan it had sought from

2340-435: The airline's future, including aircraft fleet renewal and an upgrade of existing services. Thai placed orders for a number of aircraft, including the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 , and it launched a refurbishment of its Boeing 747 and 777 cabins. Mindful of rising fuel costs, the airline phased-out its most inefficient aircraft, including its Airbus A340-500s . The airline took delivery of its first Airbus A380 aircraft in

2405-482: The board. Three RTAF generals remain on the 2020 board; they have no experience running listed companies or restructuring loss-making airlines. Concomitantly, employees at Thai enjoyed an overprotected status. Salary increases based on length of employment led to senior captains earning more than the CEO. While celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2010, Thai, led by its president, Piyasvasti Amranand, drafted new plans for

2470-404: The carrier to continue flying to the EU for the foreseeable future. In July 2015, Thai announced the planned cancellation of service to Los Angeles after 25 October 2015, marking the end of US service. In June 2016, as a result of its restructuring plan, Thai announced it would commence thrice-weekly Tehran service. However, the service ended on 28 February 2018. The airline also considered

2535-493: The carrier to profitability. The team's "first task" is to deliver more tourists to 55 "second-tier" provinces. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will assist the team by creating a new campaign, "More Local", to drive tourism to less visited corners of the nation. AOT, which operates Thailand's six international airports, will invest 220 billion baht in infrastructure to increase airport capacity from 2018's 80 million passengers to 185 million in ten years. KTB's contribution to

2600-548: The commencement of 2014, Thai was subject to a rumor that the company would declare bankruptcy in May 2014. Listed on the Thai stock exchange, the company was formerly a state enterprise—until 22 May 2020—in which the finance ministry held a stake of up to 51 per cent. In a statement to the media, Chokchai Panyayong, the airways' senior executive vice-president and acting president, stated: "Thai has never once defaulted. Despite its loss in

2665-453: The company's second vice chairman as rehabilitation plan administrators, while the creditors will meet on 12 May 2021 to vote on the rehabilitation plan, and the court is expected to decide whether to endorse the plan between June and July 2021. On 15 June 2021, the Central Bankruptcy Court set the hearing to read out the court's order with regard to the consideration of THAI's Business Rehabilitation Plan. After receiving two objections against

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2730-716: The effort consists of creating new payment solutions for tourists and ramping up travel promotions. Political interference, corruption and abuse of authority have been persistent issues in Thai's management. Speaking at the World Economic Forum on East Asia, former president Piyasvasti Amranand , who had been abruptly dismissed in May 2012, cited Thai's procurement of A340-500s (three of which had since been grounded) as examples of mismanagement influenced by corruption and political meddling, resulting in operational losses. At an extraordinary board meeting held on 27 March 2020, Chakkrit Parapuntakul, Second Vice Chairman,

2795-488: The end of the first five-year plan period , there were 248 blocks, covering around a fifth of the population in the country. By the end the second five-year plan period , there were 3,000 blocks covering 70 per cent of the rural population. By 1964, the entire country was covered. In India, a Civil service officer of the rank of Block Development Officer (BDO) is the in-charge of a CD Block in India. BDO are usually officers of representative state-governments. BDO reports to

2860-478: The expansion of Thai's Asian network. In the fourth quarter of 2016, Thai Smile vowed to resume its suspended routes and Thai's terminated regional routes to Da Nang , Kota Kinabalu , Luang Prabang and Mandalay . Also the airline has considered launching new services to Hangzhou and Zhengzhou . Due to the financial complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic , Thai Smile ceased operations in 2023 as

2925-478: The following year. A number of the larger Douglas DC-10 wide-body tri-jets was acquired in the late-1970s. Services to North America commenced in 1980. On 1 April 1977, after 17 years of capital participation by SAS, the Thai government bought out the remaining 15 percent of SAS-owned shares and Thai became a state owned enterprise of the Thai government. As of 22 May 2020, the Thai Ministry of Finance

2990-667: The government would have kept it afloat for only five months. An 80bn baht capital infusion would have been needed later. Thai Airways lost its state enterprise status on 22 May 2020 when the Finance Ministry sold off a 3.17% stake in Thai to the Vayupak 1 Fund, thus reducing its former majority shareholding to 47.86%. Thai has appealed to the government for help to forestall the seizure of its aircraft by foreign creditors. The airline sought government help because it has contracts and legal obligations that can only be resolved by

3055-490: The initiative with experimental flights in December 2011 as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility program, otherwise known as "Travel Green". Thai hopes to stimulate sustained biofuel production in Thailand by working with Thai government agencies and regional corporate partners, such as PTT Public Company Limited . The effort aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in regional air travel as well as position Thailand to be

3120-478: The late-2000s, Thai's growth was hampered by a combination of internal and external factors, including a spike in fuel prices, domestic political conflict in Thailand, and the global economic crisis of the late-2000s . In 2008, after achieving profitability for the previous 40 years, Thai recorded a loss for the first time in its history of around 21 billion baht (US$ 675 million). The airline blamed high fuel costs and Thailand's political turmoil. As of Q2 2009, after

3185-534: The local administrative units at the village level. A block is a rural subdivision and typically smaller than a tehsil. A tehsil is purely for revenue administration, whereas a block is for rural development purposes. In most states, a block is coterminous with the panchayat samiti area. The nomenclature varies from state to state, such as common terms like "block" and others including community development block , panchayat union block , panchayat block, panchayat samiti block , development block , etc. All denote

3250-535: The major Indian cities like New Delhi , Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Pune , Ahmedabad , Indore , Bhopal , Bhubaneswar , Gwalior , Jabalpur , Ujjain , Jaipur , Patna , Jamshedpur and Hyderabad . The town is 763 km from Delhi . One of the major factors in Durgawati's sustained existence as an inhabited city is its role as a transportation hub between different cities. It is a subdivisional town in Kaimur district . The district headquarters, Bhabua ,

3315-488: The monsoon season from July to October. Very Cold waves from the Himalayan region cause temperatures to dip across the city in the winter from December to February and temperatures below 5 °C (41 °F) are not uncommon. Fog is common in the winters, while hot dry winds, called loo , blow in the summers. The average annual rainfall is 1,110 mm (44 in). Durgawati is well connected by air, rail and road with

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3380-431: The opening of a Pandora's Box , which will expose extensive corruption in the ailing national flag carrier which has hitherto been hidden from the public." On September 14, 2020, the Central Bankruptcy Court has given approval for THAI to enter rehabilitation. THAI has submitted the rehabilitation plan on 2 March 2021. The airline nominated the airline's independent director Piyasvasti Amranand and Chakkrit Parapuntakul,

3445-416: The previous year. Thai blamed declining tourist arrivals from North Asia owing to political unrest in Thailand during the year, but capacity figures from Flightglobal's Innovata Network Data service suggest that Europe was probably an even bigger drain on the bottom line during the year. Thai's new management team has set itself the goal of returning to "sustainable profitability" by 2022 as well as joining

3510-626: The ranks of the world's top five airlines. The centerpiece of its turnaround plan is its proposed 100 billion baht purchase of 23 new aircraft. THAI's chairman pointed to its aging fleet as being expensive to maintain. THAI's 89 aircraft have an average age of 9.3 years compared with competitor Singapore Airlines average age of 7.6 years. Thai's chairman said the company has not yet determined "...what aircraft and type we need to buy because we have yet to finalize financing." Thai's recovery plans include teaming up with state enterprises Airports of Thailand PCL (AOT) and Krung Thai Bank (KTB) to help drive

3575-598: The reconfigured company listed its shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and offered them to the public. The Thai public offering of shares is the largest ever undertaken in the country. In 1997 Thai Airways planned a privatization program, the first in Thai history. On 14 May 1997, THAI, along with Lufthansa , Air Canada , SAS , and United Airlines , founded the world's first and largest airline alliance , Star Alliance. The genesis of Thai's later financial difficulties has been attributed to actions taken in

3640-557: The region, THAI launched a regional carrier with light-premium services, Thai Smile , which operates the narrow-bodied Airbus A320-200 on regional and domestic routes. The new airline began commercial operations in July 2012, after its first A320s were received. As of September 2020, Thai Smile files to 31 destinations and a fleet of 20 aircraft with Chiang Mai International Airport being its focus city . By September 2016, Thai Smile , Thai's subsidiary announced new services to Gaya , Varanasi , Jaipur , and Lucknow in India marking

3705-462: The seats. The service to Los Angeles was again reverted to one-stop service via Seoul on 1 May 2012, leaving the airline without a non-stop service between Thailand and North America. The A340s used were phased out, replaced by the Boeing 777-200ER for the Bangkok – Seoul – Los-Angeles route. Although the previous A340 used for non-stop services was not subject to ETOPS , the phasing in of

3770-564: The second half of 2012, intending to eventually deploy the aircraft on its core European routes. THAI resumed network expansion with the resumption of flights to Brussels , in addition to a new non-stop flight from Stockholm and Copenhagen to Phuket . At the same time, the Greek debt crisis caused Thai to suspend its services to Athens . Thai expects to be the first carrier in Asia to fly commercial flights using biofuels . The carrier launched

3835-505: The state. These issues must be dealt with before Thai enters debt rehabilitation. Concurrently, investigators are looking into anomalies in Thai ticket sales in 2019. The Transport Ministry reported that Thai ticket sales and freight revenues totalled 140bn baht in 2019, yet Thai had 25.4m passengers at an average ticket price of 6,081 baht, a total of 154.5bn baht. A senior prosecutor, Wanchai Roujanavong, had earlier warned that, "...the proposed rehabilitation of Thai Airways International [is]

3900-502: The subsidiary after the airline released a new policy of not serving food outside meal service times, Puff and Pie Bakery House was established and its first branch opened on 19 November 1997 near Don Mueang Airport with an aim to increase revenue for the airline. A total of 19 Puff and Pie Branches can be found in Bangkok, primarily found in government offices and hospitals, providing bakery items and microwaveable meals from Thai Catering. In 2021, Puff and Pie cooperated with Inthanin Coffee,

3965-461: The tail fin shows the traditional Thai greeting gesture (wai), and the curves represents traditional Thai architecture of the decorative structure called lamyong that are common on temple roofs to distinguish different tiers in the structure. The gold represents the colour of Thai Temples , while the magenta signifies magnolia blossom, where finally the purple represents the Thai Orchid -

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4030-608: The temple Mundeshwari Devi from the Bus stand on NH-19 or the railway station. There is a waterfall Telhar , approx 60 km in south. Durgawati experiences a humid subtropical climate with large variations between summer and winter temperatures. The temperature ranges between 22 and 46 °C (72 and 115 °F) in the summers. Winters in Durgawati see very large diurnal variations, with warm days and downright cold nights. The dry summer starts in April and lasts until June, followed by

4095-407: The third quarter of last year, the company still has high liquidity and has a clear plan for debt repayment." He further explained that the carrier's loss of 6.35 billion baht in the third quarter of last year was the result of the company's unsuccessful plan to attract more customers. Thai's financial loss for 2014 was reported to be at 15.6 billion baht (US$ 479 million), 3.6 billion baht higher than

4160-419: The worsening financial situation." Thai reported a net loss of 4.68 billion baht in the third quarter of 2019 and a 10.91 billion baht net loss for the first nine months of 2019. Thai's president lamented that, "...such losses were normal for airlines amid fierce competition and price dumping to win customers," a statement contradicted by the performance of other airlines in the region such as VietJet Air . At

4225-472: Was appointed as acting president of Thai Airways effective 11 April 2020. The Thai government stepped in to provide THAI with a 50bn baht loan guarantee in April 2020 and reaffirmed the airline's status as a state enterprise . The move was taken in the absence of a "get well" plan. A week later, the bailout loan was withdrawn and the cabinet replaced it with a plan to have Thai file with the Central Bankruptcy Court for debt restructuring . As of March 2021,

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