TUI Nordic to Increase Winter Capacity to Thailand

TUI Nordic Chief Executive Christian Clemens has said that capacity on its charter operations to Thailand for Winter 2010 will increase by 30% from the previous year, up to a total of 135,000 passengers.

In addition to operating Boeing 767 aircraft, the operator also intends to reinstate the 582-seat Boeing 747 aircraft, operating exclusively to Thailand, flying three times weekly to Phuket and once weekly to Bangkok.

TUI Nordic flies to Thailand from eleven airports in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

In addition to the winter program, TUI Nordic also operates charters to Thailand in the summer. 90% of the capacity is already sold, which is good news for the Thai tourism industry in these difficult times.The summer program with direct charter flights will also continue in 2011.

“We have so far sold 8 000 more trips compared to the same period last year, but in order to get sale speed up to where it should be, sales stimulating initiatives are needed. We have an ongoing discussion with the Tourism Authority of Thailand about marketing campaigns in the Nordic countries,” said Christian Clemens. “Other initiatives that could stimulate a quicker sales recovery could be a possible support from the Thai Government to lower airport taxes and landing fees. This recovery method has been successfully implemented in some other tourist destinations.”

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