Don Mueang International Airport

Thailand is strengthening its status as a global air hub with the addition of new international flights connecting different parts of the country with the rest of the world. The new flights operate to and from six of Thailand’s international airports – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok Don Mueang, Phuket, Krabi, Chiang Mai and Hat Yai – […]

Thai AirAsia will significantly boost its Indian network next month with the launch of two new routes. The Bangkok-based low-cost carrier will kick off its expansion on 28 September 2017 with the start of direct flights to Tiruchirappalli, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Then a day later on 29 September, Thai AirAsia will […]

Passenger traffic at Thailand’s airports continues to climb, with rising demand for travel to and from major hubs all across the country According to data from Airports of Thailand (AoT), reported by the Bangkok Post, a total of 56.2 million travellers passed through Thailand’s six largest state-operated airports in the first five months of 2017, […]

AirAsia has unveiled plans to launch a new service allowing Thai travellers to fly direct to the Maldives. Commencing on 11 August 2017, the low-cost carrier will operate daily flights to the Indian Ocean archipelago, direct from Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport. Flights will be operated by Thai AirAsia using an all-economy Airbus A320 aircraft, […]

AirAsia adds low-cost link to Danang Where? Bangkok Don Mueang (Thailand) to Danang (Vietnam) When? Daily, effective immediately Who? Thai AirAsia Why? Low-cost carrier expands intra-ASEAN connectivity with new route to Vietnam’s booming central coast region Anything else?  Thai visitor arrivals to Vietnam jumped 24% in 2016 Air Canada launches new Taiwan service Where? Vancouver […]

China Southern adds Shenzhen’s first link to Melbourne Where? Shenzhen (China) to Melbourne (Australia) When? Twice a week, effective immediately (rising to three times a week on 3 July 2017) Who? China Southern Airlines Why? Further expanding China Southern’s international network from Shenzhen, and tapping demand for travel to and from the Pearl River Delta […]

Bangkok’s low-cost carrier hub, Don Mueang International Airport, is set to undergo another phase of expansion, boosting its annual capacity to 40 million passengers per year. The Bangkok Post reports that plans for the third phase development are expected to be sent to the board of state-run Airports of Thailand (AoT) in November 2017. The […]

Thai Lion links Bangkok with Bali Where? Bangkok Don Mueang (Thailand) to Denpasar (Indonesia) When? Daily, effective 1 July 2017 Who? Thai Lion Air Why? Connecting two of Southeast Asia’s most popular tourism destinations, Bangkok and Bali Anything else? According to the latest MasterCard Destination Index, Bangkok and Bali will handle a combined total of […]

JC International Airlines, the Chinese-backed Cambodian carrier that launched earlier this year, has started adding a series of new routes across Asia. Previously the only overseas route operated by the start-up airline was Siem Reap-Macau. But on Saturday 13 May JC International commenced flights to Taipei; this route will now run six times a week […]

Passenger traffic at Bangkok’s two airports continued to increase in the first quarter of 2017, albeit at slower, single-digit pace. According to the latest data from Airports of Thailand (AoT), the main Suvarnabhumi Airport handled 16.1 million passengers in the first three months of the year, up 5.4% compared to Q1 2016. Bangkok’s second airport […]

Bangladesh gets low-cost Dubai link Where? Dubai (UAE) to Sylhet (Bangladesh) When? Four times a week, effective immediately (rising to six per week in May 2017) Who? Flydubai Why? New low-cost link to tap demand for trade between two Muslim countries, including overseas workers in the Gulf Anything else? Located in northeast Bangladesh, Sylhet is […]

Thai Lion Air expands domestic network Where? Bangkok Don Mueang to Khon Kaen (both Thailand) When? Twice a day, effective 17 March 2017 Who? Thai Lion Air Why? Low-cost carrier continues to expand domestic links with new service to prominent city in northeast Thailand Anything else? Temperatures can soar on the Korat Plateau, where Khon […]

The Thai government has approved plans to spend billions of dollars upgrading and expanding the country’s airports. The Bangkok Post reported Thailand’s Industry Minister, Uttama Savanayana, as saying that the national plan had been approved by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, and would be funded using public-private partnerships. In total, the plan calls for THB406 billion […]