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Orient Thai Airlines' Macau plans hit roadblock.

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)

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Byline: Boonsong Kositchotethana

Aug. 4--Thai budget carrier Orient Thai Airlines' bid to wrest market share on the Bangkok-Macau route from rival Thai AirAsia -- a crucial destination seen as a gateway to the lucrative mainland -- has hit a snag over the issue of air traffic rights from the Macau government.

Macau aviation authorities recently informed Orient Thai that it could not start scheduled flights this month as planned because operating rights in the sector have already been extended to Thai AirAsia, a Thai-Malay joint venture.

The direction given by the Macau government came as a surprise to the privately owned airline, better known as One-Two-Go, which had understood that the former Portuguese colony was seeking to ...

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