Thai Airways Operates Special Flights to Assist Flood Victims

Thai Airways International is operating special flights between Bangkok and Phitsanulok to assist government officials and people who need to travel to the lower northern and upper central regions of Thailand that are no longer accessible by vehicles through local roads.

THAI’s special flight to and from Phitsanulok will also help transport donated food and medical supplies from the Government’s Flood Relief Operation Centre (FROC) to flood victims.

Several provinces in the lower northern and upper central regions of Thailand are severely flooded and some areas are not accessible by vehicles.

The special flights will operate until 23 October 2011 using Boeing 737-400 aircraft with 149 seats, at 1,250 baht per trip (one-way fare).

THAI will operate two flights per day. On 18-23 October 2011, flight TG8706 departs from Bangkok at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 11:20 and arrives in Phitsanulok at 12:10. Flight TG8707 departs from Phitsanulok at 12:50 and arrives at Suvarnabhumi at 13:40 on the same day.

THAI is also providing free cargo shipments for food donated to the Government’s Flood Relief Operations Centre (FROC), as well as blood donations and medical supplies made through the Thai Red Cross Society, that will be transported to Phitsanulok and sent to Nakhonsawan. Nakhonsawan has also been affected by flooding and is in need of immediate assistance.

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