THAI Organizes 1st TG Travel Green Innovation Competition

Mr. Chokchai Panyayong, THAI Senior Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, and Acting President, and Ms. Marie-louise Phillippe, Airbus Regional Sales Director, together chaired the

award presentation ceremony of the First TG Travel Green Innovation Competition, which encourages Thai youths to be creative in the area of green aviation innovation.  The First prize is a roundtrip ticket from Bangkok to Paris on THAI and a visit to the Airbus aircraft manufacturing center in Toulouse, France.

Mr. Chokchai Panyayong, THAI Senior Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, and Acting President, said that as the national carrier THAI conducts its business operations with recognition to the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) based on the “travel green” concept.  In an effort to boost environmental awareness, the Company organized the First TG Travel Green Innovation Contest inviting students from academic institutions nationwide to participate and submit their projects during November 2013 – January 2014.  The competition goals were to create environmentally friendly innovations and products that may be used in aviation and to create a network for youths who have an interest in designing environmentally friendly innovations and products.

The First TG Travel Green Innovation Award Competition was judged by representatives from Airbus, the National Innovation Agency, professor from the Faculty of Engineering at Kasetsart University, professor from the Faculty of Architecture at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Ladkrabang, and a THAI representative. Students from 18 institutions across the country participated in the competition and submitted 72 projects as an individual contestant or as a two-member team, with a professor as an advisor.  The competition consisted of three categories, with three awards per category.  The First Place award includes a roundtrip ticket from Bangkok to Paris on THAI and a visit to the Airbus aircraft manufacturing center in France sponsored by Airbus.  The Second Place prize is a roundtrip ticket from Bangkok to Japan and the Third Place prize is a roundtrip ticket from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.

Source:- Thai Airways