Travel

Thai Lion Air to launch maiden flight in December

Thai Lion Air, a new no-frills airline, will launch its first commercial flight this December. Thai Lion Air TLA Chief Executive Captain Darsito Hendro Seputro told the media on Friday that the airline will inaugurate its first Bangkok-Jakarta flight in early December; follow by Bangkok-Kuala Lampur as well as Bangkok-Chiang Mai flights.

Published

7 years ago

November 4, 2013

Bahar Karaman

All flights will be based at Don Mueang Airport in the Thai capital.TLA’s Boeing 737-900ER will initially serve the Bangkok-Jakarta route, operating twice daily, followed by Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur route, operating daily and the Bangkok-Chiang Mai route, operating three times a day.The company plans to boost its fleet from two to 50 to cater for increased route expansion to China, India and Thailand’s major tourist cities within five years.The airline CEO said Thai Lion Air is following the low-cost model and it will offer the lowest fare all year round. He said he was confident that the airline will be able to compete with other budget airlines holding a large market share in Thailand. MCOT online news

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Tourism

Wish you were here: how the pandemic harmed tourism-dependent economies

Before COVID-19, travel and tourism had become one of the most important sectors in the world economy, accounting for 10 percent of global GDP and more than 320 million jobs worldwide.

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1 week ago

January 13, 2021

Headline Editor

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Tourism

Thais encouraged to travel more to help stimulate economy

The Thai government has launched many stimulus campaigns to revive the domestic economy, particularly in the heavily-hit tourism industry.

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2 months ago

November 11, 2020

National News Bureau of Thailand

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Travel

Foreign embassies in Thailand issue travel alerts

Several foreign embassies in Thailand have issued alerts to inform their citizens of political gatherings this weekend, including the U.S, United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand.