Thai 'transgender airline' grounded over finances

[Shana A]

Thai 'transgender airline' grounded over finances
by Agence France-Presse
Posted on 10/21/2012 6:50 PM

www.rappler.com/business/14589-thai-transgender-airline-grounded-over-finances

BANGKOK, Thailand - Months after taking to the skies with Thailand's first transsexual air crew, fledgling carrier PC Air has suspended services over financial troubles that left passengers stranded in South Korea.

"The airline informed the Department of Civil Aviation on Friday that they cannot operate their charter flights due to business problems," Thai Deputy Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt told AFP.

"So it will suspend its services," he added.

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PC Air hit the headlines earlier this year when it hired four transgender cabin attendants in a highly publicized recruitment drive to operate charter flights from Bangkok to Hong Kong and other Asian destinations.