AirAsia, the low-cost airline based in Malaysia, has announced plans to expand its presence in India by adding 4 direct flights that connect Bangkok with the Indian cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Amritsar from May 2010.

New Kingfisher flights from New Delhi to London, Bangkok, Dubai, Hong Kong

Jet airways will launch new flights from Bangkok to Gaya and Varanasi from October 6, 2009.

Kingfisher Airlines plans to start Mumbai-Singapore and Mumbai –Honk Kong flights from September 16, 2009. The two flights will be part of the eight new routes that Kingfisher Airlines plans to add to its network. The other six international flights are Delhi-London Heathrow, Delhi-Bangkok, Delhi-Dubai, Mumbai-Bangkok, Mumbai-Dubai and Mumbai-Colombo are the tha the company will launch their flights, by the end of 2009. Flights to these routes will commence after October 2009, in the winter schedule, although, subject to approval of the Civil Aviation Ministry. Kingfisher Airlines also plans to start Kolkata-Bangkok flights from August 14, 2009. The Kingfisher Red Service plans to make the most of the winter traffic after September 2009. The Kingfisher red flight will use the Airbus SAS-made A320 aircraft and will not offer any business class seats. After starting a Kingfisher Red service between Bangalore and Dubai, this will be the company’s fifth low cost international service. Kingfisher Airlines also runs daily flights from Bangalore and Chennai to Colombo as also from Kolkata to Dhaka. National Aviation Co. of India Ltd-run Air India, Jet Airways, and Thai Airways are three other services between Kolkata and Bangkok that Kingfisher Red Service will have to compete with. Kingfisher Airlines plans to start Mumbai-Singapore and Mumbai –Honk Kong flights from September 16, 2009.

Kingfisher Airlines, based in Bangalore, India, has announced that it is expanding its worldwide network by starting flights on eight new international routes in 2009.  

Bhutan’s flagship carrier Druk Air launched new flight services from Paro in Bhutan to Bagdogra in West Bengal and Thailand’s capital Bangkok, on April 18, 2009.

Emirates Airline will introduce its double decker Airbus A380 aircraft on its Bangkok, Thailand and Toronto, Canada routes starting June 1, 2009 from Dubai.

Cathay Pacific Airways, the flagship carrier of Hong Kong, will launch a daily, non-stop flight from New Delhi in India to Bangkok in Thailand from March 30, 2009.

Cathay Pacific now offers Delhi Bangkok flights after Thailand intros visa-on-arrival

AirAsia has launched direct daily Bangkok-Bali flights.

Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, has been officially reopened for commercial operations, after it had been shut down for eight days by anti-government protesters from the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD). The airport was partly reopened a few days ago after the PAD left the airport premises.

Dubai-based Emirates Airline has said that that it will boost its ongoing initiatives to facilitate travel for passengers affected due to the closure of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, by operating two additional, special flights to U-Taphao Airport until December 5 as well as re-instating its scheduled Dubai-Bangkok-Dubai flight effective December 6.

After a week-long shutdown of Bangkok’s International Airport (Suvarnabhumi Airport) following anti-government protests, 37 empty aircraft have been allowed to leave the airport. Around 300,000 travellers had been stranded in Thailand following the shutdown of the international terminal.