A THAI executive said Madrid and Moscow would be axed in March. The airline is running three flights to Madrid and four to Moscow each week. He simply attributed it to poor performance and dwindling passengers. More could be chopped, like Milan, Los Angeles and some destinations in China and Australia.
Rerouting is normal in the industry. But judging from the poor record at THAI, this raises the question of how fewer operating routes would help the airline turn itself around. There's hearsay that some upcountry routes were opened at the behest of politicians who had to commute to Bangkok. That was convincing since the flights to their provinces looked very empty.