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Newstrack
Thai Airways ups frequency, works on domestic code-sharing
To host FAM during July-August
Chetan Kapoor - Mumbai
Yutthanai Piamprom
General Manager - Mumbai, Thai Airways |
Star Alliance member, Thai Airways has increased frequencies
from Delhi and Chennai to Bangkok and is on its way to subsequently increasing
frequency from Mumbai. In a conversation with Express TravelWorld, Yutthanai
Piamprom, general manager - Mumbai, Thai Airways, said, "The Indian market
is of high focus for us and we plan to facilitate the travellers by supporting
the aviation needs between the two countries (India and Taiwan)."
According to its expansion plan:
- From May 2, 2008, the frequency on the Chennai-Bangkok
route increased from four to seven
- Frequency on the Delhi-Bangkok route increased to
11 flights per week [four flights were added] from May 16, 2008
- The Mumbai-Bangkok route will see a rise from seven
to ten flights from July 1, 2008.
The carrier operates ten flights per week from Bengaluru, five flights per week
from Hyderabad, seven flights per week from Kolkata and two flights per week
from Varanasi, which increases to five flights per week during the 'season'.
"With Varanasi, we are able to connect the South East Asian travellers
who want to travel to the Buddhist destinations. On the whole, in 2008 we want
six lakh flyers from India on the airlines as opposed to 5.06 lakh flyers in
2007," Piamprom mentioned.
For better connectivity to traffic from tier II and III cities in the country,
the airline is now in talks with domestic full-service carriers - Kingfisher
Airlines and Jet Airways - for domestic code-sharing besides the existing agreements
with Indian and Air India (NACIL).
Apart from this, the airline is working very closely with the Tourism Authority
of Thailand (TAT) in promoting various destinations of Thailand, and according
to the GM, a familiarisation trip for the travel trade is being planned during
July-August to Ko Samui and Chienmai.
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