New Gen Airways

New Gen Airways
บริษัท นิวเจน แอร์เวย์ส จำกัด
IATA ICAO Call sign
E3 VGO VIRGO
FoundedJuly 2012 (2012-07)
(as Sabaidee Airways)
Ceased operations
October 2019 (2019-10)
Operating bases
HeadquartersDon Mueang, Bangkok, Thailand
Key peopleMr. Jarurnpong Sornprasit (CEO)
A former office of New Gen Airways in Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok in 2026

New Gen Airways, legally NewGen Airways Company Limited (Thai: บริษัท นิวเจน แอร์เวย์ส จำกัด) (formerly Sabaidee Airways Company Limited (Thai: บริษัท สบายดีแอร์เวย์ส จำกัด)), was an airline of Thailand that concentrated on flights from Thailand to China. It operated both scheduled- and non-scheduled (charter) services from 6 main Thailand bases, Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, U-Tapao International Airport, Krabi International Airport, Phuket International Airport, Surat Thani International Airport and Nakhon Ratchasima Airport in the southern cities of Krabi, Phuket and Surat Thani, to a total of 30 destinations in China and 1 destination in Japan.

In August 2019, New Gen Airways suspended all flight operations. In October of the same year, the airline forfeited its whole fleet, thus ceasing all operations.

History

The airline received an air operator's certificate in January 2014.

Destinations

New Gen Airways Boeing 737-800 at Don Mueang International Airport.
New Gen Airways Boeing 737-400, Don Mueang International Airport.
From Bangkok – Don Mueang International Airport (Primary Base)
From Chiang Mai – Chiang Mai International Airport
From Krabi – Krabi International Airport (Base)
From Phuket – Phuket International Airport (Base)
From Pattaya – U-Tapao International Airport (Base)

Domestic Destinations

From Nakhon Ratchasima – Nakhon Ratchasima Airport (Base)

Former Destinations

Fleet

During its seven-year existence, New Gen Airways had operated the following aircraft

New Gen Airways fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers
(Economy)
Boeing 737-400 3 — 168
Boeing 737-800 8 2 189
Total 11 —

References

  1. 1 2 Airline bankruptcies, 2019 list is open
  2. ↑ ""นิวเจน"ขอหยุดบินหลังสู้ไม่ไหวธุรกิจแข่งเดือด". Dailynews (in Thai). Daily News (Thailand). 25 August 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Who We are". Archived from the original on 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  4. ↑ "タイのＬＣＣ、初の広島空港便 ８月にチャーター便で". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 21 June 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Flight Schedule July, 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-07-06.
  6. 1 2 "การบินโคราชแถลง! พร้อมเหินฟ้าไฟท์แรก 3 ธ.ค.นี้ เผยค่าตั๋วไม่เกิน 1,500 บาท". 8 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 "นิวเจนแอร์เวย์สฉลองก้าวสู่ปีที่ 5 เพิ่มฝูงบินใหม่ 2 ลำ สยายปีกเปิดเส้นทางบินใหม่ ดอนเมือง-ญี่ปุ่น" (Press release) (in Thai). 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Our Fleet". ngairways.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.