New Delhi: Thailand's popular beach town Phuket could soon be connected
through a direct flight away from Delhi and Mumbai. Thai Smile, a
fully-owned full service subsidiary of Thai Airways, is planning to
launch nonstops from these two metros to Phuket. While the flight from
Delhi may start in May, the Mumbai connection is expected to start later
this year.
"Thailand has utilised its bilaterals for operating flights to Indian metros and next month, the two countries will hold a dialogue on enhancing the flying rights. Once that happens, we are looking at a Delhi-Phuket-Bangkok-Delhi routing from May 1 and a similar routing from Mumbai. Indian travellers love to shop and that is why we have a Bangkok stopover on the way back along with an enhanced economy class baggage allowance of 30 kg (for economy flyers) on our flights to and from India. We are looking at a Delhi-Phuket flight thrice a week to begin with," Thai Smile CEO Woranate Laprabang told TOI.
Launched in July 2012, Bangkok-based Thai Smile currently operates its Airbus A-320s to Jaipur and Lucknow and runs a seasonal flight on Bangkok-Gaya-Varanasi route. Both the Lucknow and Jaipur routes have three flights a week while the Buddhist circuit flight operates in winter schedule from October 1 to March 27.
"The Jaipur and Lucknow flights were started last November and December, respectively. The frequency of Bangkok-Jaipur will be enhanced to four and five flights a week in March and May, respectively, and then made a daily from October. We are also aiming at five flights a week in Lucknow by the end of this year," said Laprabang, a trained Boeing 777 pilot who used to fly Thai planes till recently.
To Read the News in Full 17/02/17 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
"Thailand has utilised its bilaterals for operating flights to Indian metros and next month, the two countries will hold a dialogue on enhancing the flying rights. Once that happens, we are looking at a Delhi-Phuket-Bangkok-Delhi routing from May 1 and a similar routing from Mumbai. Indian travellers love to shop and that is why we have a Bangkok stopover on the way back along with an enhanced economy class baggage allowance of 30 kg (for economy flyers) on our flights to and from India. We are looking at a Delhi-Phuket flight thrice a week to begin with," Thai Smile CEO Woranate Laprabang told TOI.
Launched in July 2012, Bangkok-based Thai Smile currently operates its Airbus A-320s to Jaipur and Lucknow and runs a seasonal flight on Bangkok-Gaya-Varanasi route. Both the Lucknow and Jaipur routes have three flights a week while the Buddhist circuit flight operates in winter schedule from October 1 to March 27.
"The Jaipur and Lucknow flights were started last November and December, respectively. The frequency of Bangkok-Jaipur will be enhanced to four and five flights a week in March and May, respectively, and then made a daily from October. We are also aiming at five flights a week in Lucknow by the end of this year," said Laprabang, a trained Boeing 777 pilot who used to fly Thai planes till recently.
To Read the News in Full 17/02/17 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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