Two additional Boeing B737-300's for Thai AirAsia

Thai AirAsia is embarking on its largest expansion to date, with the delivery of two additional Boeing B737-300's. The low fare airline will use the aircraft to extend its daily flights to 12 destinations from Bangkok as well as between Phuket and Singapore.

On the domestic market, Thai AirAsia will increase the number of its flights from Bangkok to Chiang Rai, Phuket and Ubon Ratchathani. Internationally, Thai AirAsia will add a second daily flight to Macau and a third daily flight to Singapore.

Thai AirAsia will continue also to have a pioneer role by opening routes never flown before in Asia. The airline will inaugurate the first ever non stop daily flight between Bangkok and Kota Kinabalu (State of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo) as well as between Bangkok and Medan (North Sumatra, Indonesia).

In 2005, Thai AirAsia expects to have a total fleet of 13 aircraft. The airline also recently signed an exclusive partnership with the Bangkok Aviation Center Co. Ltd (BAC) for the training of its future pilots. Some 40 new recruits will start their courses in February and October next year and will receive 200 hours of flight training.

“All of those developments show our strong commitment to grow in Thailand. With more aircrafts, more frequencies, more new destinations and the training of our own pilots, Thai AirAsia will definitely strengthen its leadership among low fare airlines in Thailand” said Tassapon Bijleveld, CEO Thai AirAsia.

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