In office for just 14 months, Sorajak Kasemsuvan, president of Thai Airways International, resigned from the top post December 20, 2013, citing poor health. His resignation will take effect on January 2, 2014. Sorajak took office on October 8, 2012.

Chokchai Panyayong, THAI's senior executive vice president for commercial, will take on the role of acting president. He held this interim post once before, after Piyasvasti Amranand, the previous president, was fired.