Thai Airways posts fourth-straight profitThai Airways International aircraft at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Samut Prakan province on Sept 26, 2023. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) reported a fourth-straight quarterly profit as passenger numbers continued to improve in the wake of the coronavirus disease (Covid), with extra impetus coming from travellers from China. Piyasvasti Amranand, THAI Chairman of the Plan Administrators, is speaking at a press briefing in Bangkok on Friday. (Photo: THAI)The national carrier's operating profit before finance cost and one-time items surged 97% last quarter to 7.72 billion baht. THAI is now in the process of rebuilding its operations, with about 65 aircraft in its fleet, compared with 103 pre-pandemic.