Admin Court issued a verdict dismissing claims by TOT against DTAC (Bt246b), TRUE (Bt59.6b), ADVANC (Bt5.45b) on access charges. Comment: And thats a boon to all the major players esp DTAC  AOT cut FY19 revenue growth target to 5% from 10%, revised down full year tourist arrival growth target to 5-6% from 6-7% from impact […]

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AOT to open bidding envelop for Suvarnabhumi airport’s duty free and commercial area today, among contenders are King Power, BA and ROH. Comment: And by now we all know that King Power has own for Suvarnabhumi ASAP in deal with SCB to provide low interest rates for used-car HP at 2.79% during promo event at […]

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AIMIRT to buy 4 assets combined worth Bt4.3b including JWD cold storage, TIP cargo warehouse, Siam Chem’s chemical storage and cargo warehouse in Bangkradi Industrial Estates Comment: JWD has a great story, the question is valuation. AOT said repair at Suvarnabhumi’s East runway had been completed. ERW expects earnings momentum remain strong thru 3Q from […]

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AOT said passengers thru its six airports reached 38m in 1Q19, +4.49% yoy, largely driven by a rebound of Chinese arrivals. Foreigners travelers 23.194m +5.3%, domestic passenger 15.539m -1.2% yoy. Comment: Just wait for next year’s numbers, I wouldn’t be surprised to see another +20% jump in Chinese tourists AU target 15% revenue growth this […]

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AOT reports passenger traffic at SIA during TNY Apr 9-18 at 1,874,866, +7.18% yoy, aircraft movement +9.73% yoy to 10,306 flights during holiday. Comment: This is interesting, because it may imply that the increase in travellers may be Thai’s going abroad as opposed to tourists visiting Thailand given the latest tourism data. BEC board to […]

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AOT board orders study on splitting duty-free contracts to more than one contract in 1-2 weeks. BGRIM expects to wrap up M&A 2 Malaysia gas-fired pp combined 370mw this year, will finalize plans on 150mw wind farm investment in Vietnam before end of-2Q, target cod additional 697mw for remaining of year. Comment: They really are […]

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AOT to seeks Treasury Department deal to extend the remaining 14-year land lease contract to new 30-year contract, to accommodate upcoming concession bids for duty-free and commercial areas. DOD denied rumors its major shareholders were dumping share, sees return to profit in 1Q, mulls at least 5 investment projects. KBANK estimate JV with LINE Corp, […]

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AOT to propose plan to build 2nd terminal at Suvarnabhumi to Transport Min next week, citing urgent need as total passengers this yr is expected to reach 70m, vs 45m capacity. Comment: Although when you walk around the airport you’ll see that they could simple man each desk at immigration and the security lines and […]

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ADVANC ADVANC to trade Bt3.30 XD on Wed 20Government says it needs time to consider whether delaying bidding on 5G Comment: It would be ridiculous if the government approves a postponement of payment for the 4G license bidding. Except for TRUE (which is a financial basket case), DTAC and ADVANC make plenty of CF. AOT […]

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AOT NESDC, formerly known as NESDB, opposes to AOT’s plan to build Terminal 2, asking AOT to stick to 2003 Master Plan by building 3rd runway and extensions to East/West passenger terminals. Comment: Who knows who’s right here. BDMS/BA BDMS’s founder, Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, paid Bt500m to settle stock manipulation cases. Comment: Short term thinking never […]

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