- Business
- Nok Airlines Public Company Limited (NOK.BK) operates as a low-cost carrier providing scheduled passenger air transport services; parcel and postal delivery; and tourism-related offerings, primarily from its hub at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Founded in 2004 and headquartered at Don Muang Airport, Central Building in Bangkok, the company serves 21 domestic and international destinations across Thailand, China, and India with a fleet of 14 Boeing 737-800 aircraft equipped with CFM56-7B engines; it previously operated De Havilland Canada DHC-8-Q400 turboprops until their full decommissioning in 2023 to streamline operations and cut maintenance costs. Thai Airways International maintains a significant shareholding as a major strategic investor alongside other public and private stakeholders; Nok Airlines lists on the Stock Exchange of Thailand since 2013 following its transition from Nok Airlines Co., Ltd. Recent developments include a planned 5 billion baht capital raise in 2025 to fund four additional leased Boeing 737-800s, six outright aircraft purchases by decade's end, debt reduction to 400 million baht from 27.278 billion baht during court-supervised rehabilitation entered in 2021 with an exit targeted for 2026, achievement of net profit of 734.78 million baht in the first half of 2024 versus a prior-year loss, route expansions to Chiang Mai, Krabi, and Phuket from Suvarnabhumi Airport alongside feeder partnerships with Thai Airways and international carriers, a multi-year fleet-wide CFM56-7B engine MRO contract with GA Telesis Engine Services signed in September 2025 building on prior shop visits, and a renewed long-term MRO agreement with StandardAero for CFM56-7B support introduced in June 2025.