Thailand: Floods in Bangkok plunge Thai Airways into crisis – flights to Germany cancelled
After the floods, Thai Airways is in chaos: passengers wait for days for their luggage, flights to Germany are cancelled. Now the military is moving in - and the government is reacting angrily.
Thailand's capital Bangkok is grappling with severe flooding that has plunged the Thai Airways into a crisis. The airline's operations are severely impacted, forcing the nation's military to intervene. Around 100 soldiers are deployed to help deliver thousands of stranded passengers' luggage after days of waiting. The flooding, which hit large parts of Bangkok over the weekend, has caused significant disruptions to both the airline's flight and ground operations.
Passengers have reported waiting up to six hours for their luggage upon landing or not receiving it at all. By the beginning of the week, even as flood levels in Bangkok began to ease, flights to Frankfurt and Munich faced massive delays, landing in Germany only on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning respectively.
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