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Latest archived mark · 1968

Bangkok Airways

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Latest archived mark · 2005

Thai Airways International

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What we compare	Bangkok Airways	Thai Airways International
Country in archive	Thailand	Thailand
Founded	1968	1960
Founder	Sahakol Air (renamed Bangkok Airways in 1989)	Scandinavian Airlines System and Thai Airways Company (joint venture)
Headquarters	Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand	Chatuchak, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Name origin	The airline was founded in 1968 as Sahakol Air and rebranded as Bangkok Airways in 1989. The name points to Bangkok, the Thai capital where the airline is based. The sources used here do not give a further explanation.	The airline is named for Thailand and its people. It was formed in 1960 as a joint venture between Scandinavian Airlines System and the domestic carrier Thai Airways Company, and the two companies merged in 1988 under the present name.
Highlights	Samui Airport, Sukhothai Airport, Trat Airport	Suvarnabhumi Airport hub, Star Alliance membership, Thai Smile
Earliest archived brand logo	1968	1960
Latest archived logo	1968	2005
Archived logo assets	1	3

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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