Airline: | New Gen Airways บริษัท นิวเจน แอร์เวย์ส จำกัด |
Iata: | E3 |
Icao: | VGO |
Callsign: | VIRGO |
Founded: | (as Sabaidee Airways) |
Ceased: | [1] |
Headquarters: | Don Mueang, Bangkok, Thailand |
Key People: | Mr. Jarurnpong Sornprasit (CEO) |
New Gen Airways, legally NewGen Airways Company Limited (Thai: บริษัท นิวเจน แอร์เวย์ส จำกัด) (formerly Sabaidee Airways Company Limited (Thai: บริษัท สบายดีแอร์เวย์ส จำกัด)), was an airline of Thailand that concentrated on flights from Thailand to China. It operated both scheduled- and non-scheduled (charter) services from 6 main Thailand bases, Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, U-Tapao International Airport, Krabi International Airport, Phuket International Airport, Surat Thani International Airport and Nakhon Ratchasima Airport in the southern cities of Krabi, Phuket and Surat Thani, to a total of 30 destinations in China.
In August 2019, New Gen Airways suspended all flight operations.[2] In October of the same year, the airline forfeited its whole fleet, thus ceasing all operations.
The airline received an air operator's certificate in January 2014.[3]
During its seven-year existence, New Gen Airways had operated the following aircraft[7] [8]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers (Economy) | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boeing 737-400 | 3 | — | 168 | ||
Boeing 737-800 | 8 | 2 | 189 | One Leased to Lot Polish Airlines | |
Total | 11 | — |