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Thai AirAsia
today commenced its new service between Penang and Bangkok.
The new Penang-Bangkok flight is Thai AirAsia’s first international route out of the
island, and will be operated as a daily non stop flight to Bangkok from RM 89.99 /
Baht 900 one way.
The launch of the service follows the delivery of a fourth
Boeing 737-300 for Thai AirAsia’s operations. With this new expansion, Thai
AirAsia now flies to eight destinations within Thailand and to six international
destinations (Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu - Sabah, Johor, Singapore, & Macau
on 5th July) from its hub at Bangkok International Airport.
Flights
depart Bangkok at 10:00 arriving in Penang at 12:40, the return leg
departs Penang at 13:25 arriving in Bangkok at 14:05 - all times local.
Tassapon
Bijleveld, Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia Thai operations said, “We are thrilled to fly to Penang as it is a cultural destination with deep links to
Thailand. We expect our low fares will strengthen tourism and economic flows
between Malaysia and Thailand.”
Tony
Fernandes, Group Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia commented, “AirAsia is pleased to link yet another local Malaysian destination to Bangkok and
vice versa. We hope, the new route, a combination of Penang’s bustling trade and
commercial industry, and Bangkok‘s vibrant tourist’s attractions, will serve to
increase and introduce new traffic between both destinations.” |
