Thai Airways says floods left it short-staffed, races to clear 5,600 stranded bags within 72 hours

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Thai Airways said flooding in Bangkok and surrounding provinces prevented employees from travelling to work, leaving more than 5,600 passenger bags stranded and delaying nearly 100% of flights, with fewer than 3% of its more than 110 daily flights departing on time. Chai Eamsiri, Chief Executive Officer of Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, said the problem stemmed from shortages in two main groups of staff: general workers, who normally number more than 500 a day but of whom only about 200 to 300 reported for duty, and specialised personnel such as Load Masters, of whom about 45 are normally used each day but only about 20 were available. The company therefore cut capacity out of Bangkok by about 30 flights, or roughly 30% of its capacity, while also combining flights, cancelling some services and in some cases transferring passengers to other airlines. On clearing the backlog of baggage, the company aims to move more than 5,600 bags within 72 hours by increasing its ground handlers to three from two, working with Thailand Post, bringing head-office staff in to help at the terminal, and coordinating with the Royal Thai Army for GMC vehicles to transport specialised personnel. The Royal Thai Air Force is providing about 100 personnel, while Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited is providing space and staff to handle the stranded baggage.

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Airports of Thailand is providing space and staff to help handle Thai Airways' stranded baggage, a supporting role in the flood disruption.

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