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The Thai parliament is now in a extra session and the blaming game is on. One thing is for sure and that is that Samak the PM and defense minister is not giving up.

All Airports in Thailand is not working as normal but the train traffic is still in blockaded by the PAD and the Thai union.
The Metropolitan Police chief was moved to an inactive post probably because he did not want to do as PM want.

Now when One Two Go is banned for a while you might think it is safe to fly, but think again. Being approved in one country does not mean they meet up with the safety regulations in EU for example.

EU has much stricter guidelines and rules for the airline then Thailand and other Asian country and you should checked this list of this airline that are banned to fly to EU.

Phuket Air was banned from flying to EU for a while ago and there is some other Thai and Asian airlines on the list as well.

Airlines banned in EU

The One Two Go Thai airline has finally crashed for good we can hope. It has canceled all its planned flight for the next 2 month. Let’s hope they cancel it for good since the airline is a mess in airline security. If you bought tickets I suggest hurray to the main office and cash those in before the whole company goes bankrupt.

The airline is also in the in the press now because many people are suing them for the crash last year in Phuket.

I used to live in Phuket in south Thailand 6 years ago, before the Tsunami. I came two years as a tourist and after that I was sold on the place.

I remember the first time I come out from the airport and I thought Bangkok was hot but the humidity in Phuket was really bad the first minute. The second thing I remember was the chaos in the airport taxi queue and as you probably know by now it is controlled by mafia. Not that you will ever notice but there is not many price to pick from when you come without booking a hotel first.

Do not ever book a hotel from the airport and do not go with the busses for free that is going to take you to some travel agency. They will take you to some agency outside Patong beach and you will not be able to get out from there if you not book with them. Well you can if you a lot of money, much more then you would normally.
I did that mistake but I paid with credit card so when I came to town I called them and said sorry I want to cancel and I called my bank and told them what happen.

What you can do instead is book a hotel before you go to Phuket that will always be much cheaper then drop in. The only hotel that is cheaper with drop is the small hotel for back packers that you can find in Lonely Planet for example. But do you really want to live like a backpacker when Phuket has so many nice hotels and bungalows.

The hotel if it is a good Phuket hotel will almost all the time provide a free van from the airport. You do not have to hassle with the van people in the airport and you will get the best price on hotel then you can ever get.