More Thai routes open as airlines ease out of lockdown

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak will not allow ailing flag-carrier Thai Airways International to collapse and dismissed rumours of impending lay-offs. (Bangkok Post photo). Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.

BANGKOK, Jun 24, 2020, The Nation. The Department of Airports is overseeing a steady increase in the number of routes and flights offered by two airlines, while new routes will open after the fourth phase of lockdown easing, The Nation reported.

Director general Tawee Gasisam-ang said Thai Lion Air on June 19 increased flights from Bangkok to Nakhon Si Thammarat airport to two per a day.

Flights to Surat Thani Airport have been increased to three flights a day, while the service to Ubon Ratchathani is operating daily.

Thai Lion Air has also opened new routes from Don Mueang, with services to Udon Thani (two flights a day), to Khon Kaen (two flights a day), to Krabi (two flights a day), and to Phitsanulok (one flight a day).

The director general said that Thai Vietjet will operate the following routes from Suvarnabhumi Airport:

  • Udon Thani, two flights a day, starting from July 1
  • Chiang Rai, one flight a day, starting from July 1
  • Khon Kaen, two flights a day, starting from July 30
  • Nakhon Si Thammarat, one flight a day, starting from August 6
  • Ubon Ratchathani, one flight a day, starting from October 6
  • Surat Thani, one flight a day, starting from November 4

He said his department officials had imposed virus-preventive measures on the airlines.

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