Wisdom Airways was a

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operating in North-Western

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, with a base in

Chiang Mai Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...

. On 1 October 2019, the airline ceased all operations permanently.

History

The airline sought to take over the routes of

Kan Air Kannithi Aviation Co. Ltd, operated as Kan Air, was a small airline with its hub at Chiang Mai Airport. Kan Air operated charter and scheduled services in Thailand. As of September 2016, Kan Air flew nine routes. Flights from Chiang Mai were ...

after it went out of business. Although the airline employed the same pilots and operated the same routes as Kan Air, it denied any links to it. The airline began operations on 1 December 2017. On 1 October 2019, the airline announced on their official

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page that they would be suspending all operations until further notice.

Fleet

The airline operated several

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aircraft, including HS-WIA and HS-WIS. It also had plans to acquire a larger aircraft, a

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Destinations

On 25 June 2018, the airline began operating a route between

and

Mae Hong Son Mae Hong Son ( th, แม่ฮ่องสอน, ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in north-west Thailand, capital of Mae Hong Son Province. It is in the Shan Hills, near the border with Burma along the banks of the River Pai. As of 2018, the to ...

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