Bangkok Airways, the regional airline based in Bangkok, Thailand, will stop its service between Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, and Siem Reap in Thailand when the aviation agreement between Cambodia and Thailand expires on October 25, 2009, and Cambodia will not renew the licence.
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
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.