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Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA aims to become the first European discount carrier to launch long-haul operations, with flights to New York and Bangkok scheduled to start in early 2013, the company's chief executive said Friday.

Nok Air is now flying daily to Nakhon Phanom province.

Thai Airways International is operating special flights between Bangkok and Phitsanulok to assist government officials and people who need to travel to the lower northern and upper central regions of Thailand that are no longer accessible by vehicles through local roads.

Police in El Paso, Texas arrested a Southwest Airlines passenger on a flight from Phoenix after he refused to turn off his cell phone.

Thai Airways International has announced that in July 2012 it plans on having it’s low-fare airline, Thai Smile Air ready to launch. The low-cost airline has been set up in order to cater for those people who want a large frequency of flights with a good schedule that is not so expensive. It will use Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok and will start off with a fleet of eleven Airbus 320 aeroplanes which will be able to seat 174 people. These aircraft are designed for short flights of less than two hours long.