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Bangkok, Sep 21 (EFE/EPA).- Thai Airways turned the company's downtown ticketing office into a cafeteria operated by Thai Catering. The cafeteria sells inflight-style meals and pastries, while customers queue up in long lines during morning hours to buy 'pa tong go', traditional dough fritters, mostly eaten for breakfast. Thai Catering staff aswell as staff formerly employed in ticketing sales and customer service, now work at the cafeteria, helping keep the staff employed at a time when the company is experiencing major financial losses due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On Sep 14, Thailand's Central Bankruptcy Court approved the airline's debt restructuring plan as the company was set to file for bankruptcy. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL). SHOT LIST: THAI AIRWAYS CHEFS PREPARE DOUGH FRITTERS, KNOWN AS 'PA TONG GO', OUTSIDE THE NEW THAI CATERING CAFETERIA AND CUSTOMERS AT THE NEW THAI CATERING CAFETERIA AT THE THAI AIRWAYS OFFICE BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Bangkok, Sep 14 (EFE/EPA).- The Central Bankruptcy Court of Thailand on Monday approved Thai Airways, the nation's flagship carrier, debt restructuring plan as the company is set to file for bankruptcy after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the travel industry, forcing airlines worldwide to suspend travels. Thailand still remains closed to international tourists. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WALK PAST THAI AIRWAYS SIGNS, AND CLOSED THAI AIRWAYS CHECK-IN COUNTER AT SUVARNABHUMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Cape Town (South Africa), Sep 23 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Nic Bothma) South African Airways airline resumed its flights after the bankruptcy it suffered in March 2020. The South African government rescued the airline with more of 426 million euros and restructured its debt once the company emerged from bankruptcy after cutting hundreds of jobs and selling a 51 percent stake of its business to the Takatso Consortium investor group.FOOTAGE OF THE FIRST FLIGHTS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS AIRLINE AT THE CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER THE BANKRUPTCY PROCESSES IT UNDERTAKEN IN MARCH 2020.
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