Thailand tourism collapse poses existential crisis for airlines

Thai Airways fleet at Bangkok airport May 2020, Shutterstock

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The Thai airline industry has had a dramatic past few months amid the coronavirus outbreak, which has seen two carriers file for business rehabilitation, and a third going under. How did one of Southeast Asia’s fastest growing markets end up in this state, and is there a way out? 

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