Phuket International Airport

Celebrating love and affection on this year’s Valentine’s Day, Thai Vietjet today surprised its passengers on flight VZ304 from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Phuket International Airport with the exclusive onboard activation ‘Valentine Fashion Show.

Emirates operated a special flight to Phuket International Airport, making it the first international carrier to arrive at the popular island destination since Thailand re-opened its borders for international travellers

Accor has announced the signing of V Villas Phuket. The 24-pool villa resort, which will join the group’s MGallery Hotel Collection, is being developed on a hilltop in Ao Yon Beach, Phuket, approximately one hour by road from Phuket International Airport and 20 minutes from Phuket town. When completed, the resort will feature five distinctive […]

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 – […]

Turkish Airlines has launched its inaugural flight to Phuket, which becomes the carrier’s 300th destination worldwide. The new route commenced on 17 July and will now operate four times a week, using a two-class Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Flights will depart Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport every Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 1430 and arrive in […]

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, […]

Thailand’s NewGen taps Chinese demand for Krabi Where? Krabi (Thailand) to Hefei (China) When? Three times a week, effective immediately Who? NewGen Airways Why? Thai carrier adds another charter service to cater for the huge volume of Chinese travellers visiting Thailand’s southern beaches Anything else? Including scheduled and charter services, NewGen now connects Krabi with […]

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has teamed up with Thai Airways to celebrate the launch of the national carrier’s new Beijing-Phuket flights. The new route marks THAI’s first direct service from mainland China to Phuket, and its launch is being celebrated with a three-day fam trip to Phuket for Chinese travel agents and members […]

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 […]

New Macau charters for Cambodia Angkor Air Where? Sihanoukville (Cambodia) to Macau (China) When? Twice a week, effective immediately Who? Cambodia Angkor Air Why? New charter service to tap Chinese demand for Cambodian beach holidays Anything else? When President Airlines’ Antonov 24 landed at Sihanoukville Airport in 2004 it was the first commercial aircraft to […]

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 […]