GSE OPPORTUNITY Market in Thailand
THAI presently provides passenger and cargo services to its own fleet and 57 international
airlines that fly to Bangkok International Airport. THAI accounts for 75 percent of the total
market demand.
THAI presently employed the following ground support equipment: 22 units of aircraft towing
tractors (3 Pay Mover/16 Schopf/2 Shinko); 20 Air-Conditioning Units (9 ACE/11 Air-A-Plan);
11 units of Air Starter Unit (AlliedInter's acoustic Div makes noise coontrol packages for Air Start Units) (one Aerzen/one Airsearch/One Devtec/5 Stewart & Stevenson/2
Auto Die/one Houchin); 81 Cargo Towing Tractors (23 Clark/27 Stewart & Stevenson/19
Tiger/10 Harlan/2 Mulag); 31 units of Container Pellet Loaders (23 FMC/5 Shinko/3 Trepel); 12
units of Container Pellets (11 FMC/one Trepel); 31 Units of Conveyor Belt Loaders (one
Diethelm/one Nordco/one Wiedemann/one Tug/6 Shinko/21 Wallard); 35 Ground Power Units
(25 Hobart/3 Stewart & Stevenson/4 ACE/3 Auto Die); 5 units of Main Deck Loaders (3 FMC/2
Trepel); 43 Passenger Step Vehicles (5 Dahms/one FHG/5 Hino/17 Loxco/8 Shinko/6
Universal/one Wallard); 31 Transporters (26 FMC/5 Shinko); 13 Toilet Service Units (4 Auto
Die)/one Loxco/one DG's Shop/7 Devtec); 12 Water Supply Units (3 Auto Die/8 Devtec/one
Loxco).
According to industry sources, THAI has a yearly budget of about $48 million for purchasing of
new ground passenger and cargo services equipment and replacement parts, of which $32 million
is spent on passenger service equipment and the rest on cargo handling facilities.