Thai Airways Postpones Rome Flight Suspension

Thai Airways has postponed a planned suspension of flights to Rome until February 1, 2016 from an earlier announced date of October 26, to meet demand for travel to the Italian capital.

The flag carrier's board approved the postponement and it will operate four flights per week to Rome with Boeing 747-400 aircraft, it said in a statement.

The airline said the route suspension would be temporary once it did take effect and it may resume operations once the company makes progress on a restructuring.

The postponement came a few weeks after it decided to suspend loss-making flights to Los Angeles and Rome and cut 1,401 jobs through voluntary retirement this year as it pushes ahead with restructuring.

Thai Airways is among several state-controlled companies that the military government has targeted for reform since seizing power in May 2014.

Its two-year restructuring plan involves reducing operating costs and capacity by 20 percent, selling aircraft and cutting jobs.