Orient Thai Airlines Co., Ltd. is an airline with its head office in Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Thailand. It operates chartered and scheduled services in Southeast Asia. Its main base is Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok.
Orient Thai Airlines was Asia’s first international charter operator. Along with its subsidiary, Kampuchea Airlines, it provided services to other airlines including Finnair, Lufthansa, LTU International and Merpati. It transported refugees around the world for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), including returning people to Kosovo from Australia and helping Timorese return to East Timor in 1999 after it won its independence from Indonesia. It became a designated UN carrier, transporting troops for peacekeeping operations worldwide. Orient Thai Airlines wasn’t just helping refugees get home or troops undertake their missions, its aircraft were also busy flying Muslim Hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for various clients, including Air India and the Saudi royal family.
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