Jirapon Hirunrat | Vice President, Network Management
Bangkok Airways |

Jirapon Hirunrat, Vice President, Network Management, Bangkok Airways

Mr. Jirapon Hirunrat has 20 years’ experience in Aviation Industry since 1996 with Bangkok Airways PLC. 

The first role he took was a Flight Dispatch Officer and had been promoted to Station Manager Singapore a few years later.

With the knowledge of airline operational function, he had been appointed to work in Flight Operation Control Division, Operation Department as Flight Operation Control Manager in year 2003. He was in the Operation filed for 7 years and the lasted title was Flight Operation Control Director. 

At the Operation Department, he established a Centralize Load Control Center and Operation Central Control as well as Emergency Response Unit. Not only operational aspect, but he also has a commercial mind as he initiated Fuel bidding before handed to related department.  

In year 2011, Mr. Jirapon Hirunrat was promoted to Director-Network Planning which responsible of Long Tern Planning to develop the airline’s worldwide network and determine which aircraft type should be operated and numbers of fleet to meet the needs of the business.

At the beginning of year 2016 with the outstanding performance Mr. Jirapon Hirunrat has been promoted to Vice President of Network Management. It includes Network Planning, Code share and alliances, Traffic & Schedule Planning, Market Research and Route Development, Tariff & Pricing , and Revenue Management.

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