It was about a year ago that there was a bad incident. Passengers saw fuel spewing from a wing and panicked and rioted until they agreed not to take off and the passengers transferred to another airline. Wide publicity in the UK.
The British Aviation authority inspected their planes and found a lot of minor repairs required and suspended their landing rights. They said that there was nothing dangerous but too many minor items to be ignored. Seemingly Phuket did not do anything and soo after that France and The Netherlands banned them.
The Thai Government then got involved and were feeling bad about the National loss of face. They gave them a hard time and I think they ran out of customers and funds about the same time. Currently thye seem to only fly Bangkok Ranong and Bangkok Yangon.
It's a bit sad as it had geat potential and offered the best Europe-Bangkok rates around. A friend used then and thought they were OK for the money.
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