Bangkok--20 Dec--Thai AirAsia
Thai AirAsia has selected Langkawi as its 10th international destination and will start flying to the beautiful island on January 6, 2007.
Thai AirAsia will serve the Bangkok-Langkawi route every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Flights from Bangkok will depart at 2.15pm (Bangkok time), while flights from Langkawi will depart at 5.30pm (local time).
Tassapon Bijleveld, chief executive officer of Thai AirAsia, announced the opening of the Bangkok-Langkawi route to the media in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
“We look forward to expanding our reach to Langkawi because of the growing tourism appeal towards the island, especially for tourists visiting Bangkok. As a tourism hub, Bangkok brings in millions of tourists every month. These tourists are always interested in visiting neighbouring destinations, and Langkawi is among their favourite destinations,” Bijleveld said.
“We will start flying to Langkawi this January with three flights a week, but this route has the potential to have daily flights six months after its opening,” he added.
Thai AirAsia offered 1,000 seats at zero-baht airfare (exclusive of taxes and other fees) to announce the opening of the route. It continues to offer low fares to guests wishing to fly between the two cities.
Langkawi will be Thai AirAsia’s fourth (4th) destination in Malaysia, besides Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Kota Kinabalu.
Thai AirAsia’s other international destinations are Singapore, Hanoi, Phnom Penh, Yangon, Xiamen and Macau. It also flies within Thailand to the cities of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hat Yai, Krabi, Narathiwat, Phuket, Surat Thani, Ubon Ratchani and Udon Thani.
Tickets are available online at www.airasia.com or through AirAsia’s call centres at +603 8775 4000 and +603 8660 4343 in Malaysia and +662 515 9999 in Thailand.
To-date, six million passengers have flown with Thai AirAsia. The airline is celebrating its third anniversary on February 3, 2007.
Flight Destinations Depart Arrive Frequency
FD 3567 Bangkok to Langkawi 14:15 16:50 Tue, Thu, Sat
FD 3566 Langkawi to Bangkok 17:30 18:05 Tue, Thu, Sat
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