Bangkok Airways to Launch New Flights; Increase Frequency on Select Routes

Bangkok Airways has confirmed it will soon launch new flights and add frequency to select regional and domestic routes.

The new flights include Chiang Mai-Mandalay (3 flights per week), Chiang Mai-Yangon (4 flights per week), Chiang Mai-Udon Thani (2 flights per day) and Chiang Mai-Phuket (daily flight).

The new flights will commence on 26 October 2014 and are already open for booking.

The airline will also launch additional flights between Bangkok-Krabi (from 3 to 4 daily flights) on 26 October 2014, and on 1 November its Bangkok-Chiang Rai flights will increase from 2 to 3 flights per day.

Bangkok Airways covers ten scheduled domestic destinations: Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Sukhothai, Pattaya (U-Tapao), Trat, Phuket, Samui, Krabi and Udon Thani, and thirteen scheduled international routes: Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Luang Prabang, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Maldives, Dhaka, Mumbai, Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw.

Its fleet consists of 26 aircraft: eight ATR72s, eight A320s, and ten A319s.