Jetstar Phuket flight dirverts to Bangkok

[Brian Noldt]

I would rather land safely in Bangkok than fly into a thunderstorm.

Ninemsn story here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3357872/Jetstar-passengers-way-Phuket-fright-lives-plane-Bangkok-told-change-plans.html

This makes an interesting read from News.com:
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/flights/six-dirty-secrets-of-flying/news-story/572b1d3b16866447f8d72f26d39034c5

Excerpt from Jetstar's Condition of Carriage:
9.1 Schedules

(a) Jetstar does not guarantee it will be able to carry you and your Baggage in accordance with the scheduled date and time of the flights specified. Schedules may change without notice for a range of reasons including but not limited to bad weather, air traffic control delays, strikes, technical disruptions and late inbound aircraft. Flight times do not form part of your contract of carriage with us.

[Stephen Brown]

FFS its a low cost airline, you get east you pay for.

[Rowan McKeever]

Number 5 in that article is a load of rubbish. It was never a requirement that airlines exchange tickets between them in the event of a disruption and it still isn't, but many airlines still do it anyway. Why? Because it's good business!