TAT prepares for Qatar Airways new flights
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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) recently welcomed the announcement by Qatar Airways to launch flights to Chiang Mai and Krabi as of December 2016.
The airline’s group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker said that four flights per week will be launched from Doha to Krabi on 6 December and three flights per week from Doha to Chiang Mai also in December, with the exact date to be announced later.
Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said: “These flights will open up significant new sources of traffic by allowing visitors from Europe, the Middle East and Africa to connect to Krabi and Chiang Mai. They will advance the Thai government policy to promote the dispersal of visitors in order to better balance income distribution and job creation.”
In 2015, Krabi International Airport, under administrative purview of the Department of Civil Aviation, was served by 46 scheduled and non-scheduled airlines, which operated a total of 28,346 flights, up 28.52% over 2014. The Airport served 3,689,831passengers in 2015, up 36.61% over 2014.
Chiang Mai International Airport, which is under the administrative purview of the Airports of Thailand PLC, is being served by 27 scheduled airlines which operated 62,626 domestic and international flights in 2015, up 26.06% over 2014. The Airport served 8,069,918 passengers in the fiscal year 2015, up 29.88% over fiscal 2014.
Chiang Mai International Airport is working on a development project that will increase its capacity from eight million to 15 m passengers per annum by 2022.
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