Bangkok Airways plans a Samui hub
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Bangkok Airways plans to turn Samui Airport into a second international air hub after Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport in the next one or two years.
The Bangkok Post reported that the privately-owned airline would launch more direct international flights for medium-haul routes through the small resort airport.
Also in the pipeline are plans to offer direct flights from Samui to Dubai, Shanghai, Bali, and Kuala Lumpur, adding to its flights to Hong Kong and Singapore.
The plan to launch direct international flights from Samui would follow the arrival this year of additional A319s, Bangkok Airways vice-president M.L. Nandhika Varavan was quoted saying.
The first of the six A319s that Bangkok Airways has ordered is already operating, while three more are due for delivery this year with the rest gradually joining the fleet until November next year.
”The definite launching dates of these international flights have yet to be decided, but are unlikely in the very near future,” M.L. Nandhika was quoted saying.
“That depends on the four-year marketing plan Bangkok Airways is finalising.”
Most of the carrier’s flights originate from Suvarnabhumi and a substantial number of its passenger traffic is between Bangkok and Samui.
The airline carries about 600,000 passengers a year through Samui Airport.
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