Asia Era One, a CP group company, has asked to end its contract for the high-speed rail linking three airports and to stop running the Airport Rail Link from 30 September. PM Anutin says this is not easy: no private firm has ever cancelled a government contract, and the PM's office rules make the party that cancels liable for any higher re-tender cost. He warns of blacklisting. Next week he will call in the EEC secretary-general. For most SMEs this is background; the signal is that large government contracts are hard to exit, and the Airport Rail Link service date is the one to watch if you depend on it for travel or deliveries.