Kazakhstan’s national carrier, Air Astana, has expanded its route map in Thailand with the signing of a new codeshare agreement with Bangkok Airways.
The new deal will enable Air Astana’s passengers to connect from Bangkok to Koh Samui, Phuket and Krabi, using Bangkok Airways’ services. Air Astana currently flies to Bangkok from both Astana and Almaty.
“Bangkok Airways has grown to become a highly respected …
Read More
Dubai-based Emirates has announced that it will add four more weekly flights to Phuket, significantly increasing capacity on the route.
The new flights will begin from December 1, 2015 and will increase capacity by 57 per cent, the airline said in a statement. All flights will be operated by a Boeing 777-300ER.
The airline’s expansion comes as Phuket emerges as a popular tourist destination. The …
Read More
Thailand has experienced a surge of visitors from mainland China in the first half of 2015, driving the country’s tourism recovery.
According to the latest data released by the Thai Ministry of Tourism & Sports, more than four million Chinese visitors travelled to Thailand in the first six months of the year, up 111.6% year-on-year, although this was in comparison to a poor first …
Read More
One lead indicator for any leisure destination remains airlift and Pattaya has received a substantial boost of good news on the current redevelopment and expansion of U-Tapao Airport.
AirAsia has been quick to assume a key role triggering new service between Kuala Lumpur and the Eastern Seaboard.
Thai AirAsia has unveiled plans to use U-Tapao as a secondary hub, while positioning aircraft and looking at …
Read More
Emirates has significantly expanded its network in Southeast Asia with the signing of a codeshare partnership with Bangkok Airways.
Under the agreement, Emirates’ international passengers will be able to connect to 19 routes in Southeast Asia, bringing 14 new destinations Dubai-based airline. Emirates will place its ‘EK’ code on Bangkok Airways’ routes to a number of Southeast Asian destinations, including Koh Samui, Chiang Mai, …
Read More
A new shopping mall on Phuket’s bypass road consting upward of B300 million is slated to open in January, bringing to the island the first “drive-thru” range of outlets, among 400 variety boutique stalls.
Workers broke ground at the site of the Bukis Phuket Mall, located on nine rai between Central Festival Phuket and the Big C shopping centre on the bypass road, on …
Read More
In light of the Green Season, Thailand tourism recently welcomed its 17th millionth visitor for this year – Al Shaqsi Yaqdhan Hamad Khalifa from Oman.
As part of the special theme, every millionth visitor to the country is being welcomed at Thailand’s international aviation gateways until 30 September 2015.
The activity is designed to support the ‘2015 Discover Thainess’ umbrella campaign, which aims to highlight …
Read More
The end of this month celebrates two big Buddhist holy days, Asarnha Bucha (July 30) and Wan Khao Phansa (July 31), a Buddhist holy day which begins on the first full moon of the eighth lunar month, and this year it falls on today (July 30).
Asarnha Bucha Day commemorates the day, over 2,500 years ago, that Lord Buddha gave his first sermon to …
Read More
AoT this past week reported that all of its supervised airports handled 8,044,421 passengers up 37.79 per cent from 5,838,276 during the same month last year.
Overall aircraft movements also increased by 25.33pc from 45,189 to 56,636.
During the first six months of the year, the country main gateway Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport welcomed 26.75 million passengers followed by Don Mueang with 14.43mn and …
Read More
THE NUMBER of outbound Chinese travellers is predicted to reach 174 million by 2019, with an expected expenditure of US$264 million, boosted by the rising number of tech-savvy, younger, and more affluent Chinese.
According to the latest Chinese International Travel Monitor (CITM) 2015 report by Hotels.com, more than 107 million Chinese made outbound trips last year, a 20 per cent rise on 2013.
This yearly …
Read More
