AOT MD says political situation hurting passenger traffic — In January, passengers in its six airports increased 7.35% YoY, failing to meet expectations. It continues to expect passenger growth of 10% YoY in 2014, supported by provincial airports. It will open bidding for phase 2 of Suvarnabhumi airport construction in April. (Khao Hoon, 11/02/14) Comment: […]
Read More →AGE AGE to invest in a 9MW biomass power plant, a new line for its business. It is confident the biomass plant will bring in revenues of no less than Bt200mn per year. Coal sales for 2014 are to exceed 3mn tons this year, driven by strong demand from clients abroad. (Khao Hoon, 29/01/14) Comment: […]
Read More →AOT No infrastructure fund — AOT denies the rumor that it is going to set up an infrastructure fund. It says that AOT’s financials are sound with cash on hand of Bt40bn and profit of Bt11bn annually. Revenue this year is expected to grow by 10% and earnings for 1Q14 will hit Bt3.3bn. (Khao Hoon, […]
Read More →AOT To set up infrastructure fund — AOT will set up an infrastructure fund worth Bt60bn to build a new passenger terminal for Suvanabhumi Phase 2 and renovate and improve Don Muang and Phuket airports to prepare for an increase in the number of tourists. (Khao Hoon, 21/01/14) Comment: We heard about this idea over the weekend, […]
Read More →AOT Passengers down in January. AOT reports that January 13 saw a drop in passengers at Suvarnabhumi to 133,000 or 12.6% from January 12, with the average for January 1-12 at 152,000. On January 14, passengers declined 15% from the average to 129,000.(Post Today, 16/01/14) Comment: a 15% decline thankfully isn’t the end of the […]
Read More →AJP New management team soon — AJP reports that a new management team will begin work in 1Q14, replacing the team that resigned. It says the change in management will not lead to a change in strategies. It said the political situation has no effect on operations. (Khao Hoon, 17/12/13) AOT AOT expects net profits […]
Read More →Not directly related to the market but its interesting to see the latest numbers from Instagram showing that the #1 location in the world was Siam Paragon and that for the most instagrammed cities, Bangkok was #2, you can see below for the whole list. Now if I’m reaching for an investment case…well high number […]
Read More →AOT 2013 a good year — AOT says FY2013 was a good year, with a 20% rise in the number of tourists and 16% growth in number of flights. The CFO said there will reversal in depreciation costs for the Don Muang Airport worth Bt3bn, which will help push net profits up. The company will […]
Read More →AGE boosts coal exports to feed plants in Asia – MAI-listed Asia Green Energy (AGE) aims at 20% growth in coal sales volume next year as it boosts exports to countries building coal-fired power plants. Managing director Panom Kuansataporn said coal sales volume is seen rising to 2.4mn tonnes this year and 3mn tonnes next […]
Read More →AOT Transport Minister: Look at costs before allowing PSC rise — Chatchart Sithipun, transport minister, said he wants to take a look in detail at AOT’s cost rises before make the decision about raising passenger service charge, because there are more opponents than supporters. (Khao Hoon, 29/10/13) Comment: i’ve been reading that there will be […]
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