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EPISODE · Jun 1, 2026 · 17 MIN

How Thai Airways Became The World's Most Profitable Airline!

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Thai Airways had 19 CEOs in 24 years. A government that treated it as a political tool. And $11 billion in debt that should have killed it forever. So why is it now posting record profits?The answer is one of aviation's greatest paradoxes: the same government that ran Thai Airways into the ground was the only institution powerful enough to pull it back out. This is the full story, the political interference, the bankruptcy, and the unlikely turnaround that nobody in the industry saw coming.Thai Airways is one of the most dramatic comeback stories in modern aviation. And it almost didn't happen.

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