New Bangkok-Yangon Flight from Thai Air Asia

28 June 2006

THAI Air Asia will launch one daily flight from Bangkok to Yangon, Myanmar, from August. Thai Air Asia CEO, Mr Tassapon Bijileveld, told TTG Daily News the flight was part of the airline's route expansion, planned between June and December.

Also from the same month, the airline will be increasing its four times daily services from Bangkok to Phuket to five times daily. Its three and a half flights daily from Bangkok to Chiang Mai will be increased to six flights daily.

Meanwhile, the airline launched the first Thai Air Asia Travel Fair, held in Bangkok from June 23 to 25. Mr Tassapon said he hoped to sell up to 30,000 air tickets during the event. From the total, around 3,000 air tickets were expected to be sold at 9 baht (US$0.23), while the rest at 199 baht and 399 baht.

Mr Tassapon said the fair would help fill the airline's 60,000 empty seats on all routes between July and October. He added he planned to make the travel fair, which also featured hotels, tour companies and National Tourism Organisations from China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Macao and Thailand, an annual event.