attending a meeting of the government's committee on state enterprise policies, the so- called super board, en Prayut said solutions were being discussed. The national airline would have to cut expenses, increase revenue, drop unprofitable routes, restructure its assets and sell some aircraft. The airline would also have to make changes to management, personnel and staff benefits, and travel agents who take up ticket quotas would be fined for unsold, returned tickets, Gen Prayut said. Transport Minister Prajin Juntong said that THAI would reduce its workforce from 25,000 to 20.000. THAi president Charamporn Jotikasthira said the plan to slash about 5.000 jobs will be carried out only after other measures to control and cut costs have failed Retrenchments will emphasize voluntary resignations with no lay-offs, he said. The state enterprise supervisory committee considered a rehabilitation plan proposed by Thai Airways and the management was allowed to proceed with the proposal, Gen Prayut said The company's financial statements submitted to the Stock Exchange of Thailand showed THAI lost 9.2 billion baht in the first nine months of last year, with total debts of 262.5 billion baht. The state enterprise reported a loss of 12 billion baht in 2013 THAI president Charumporn Jotikasthira said the rehabilitation plan should enable the airline to stop its losses within this year and, in two years, it would grow fast and sustainably To stop losses as soon as possible, THAI will suspend routes that do not perform about 10% of all routes, he said, citing Phuket-Seoul and Bangkok-Johannesburg routes as examples, its affiliate Thai smile airline would take over some of the routes such as those to Surat Thani, Udon Thani and Ubon Ratchathani provinces and their flight frequencies would decrease, Mr Charumporn said THAI also will sell 22 of 102 planes by the end of July, but has yet to decide on other assets, such as overseas residences and offices and ownership shares in hotels. The airline also will postpone acceptance of new aircraft, he said.