Bangkok Airways adds a brand-new Airbus A319 to its service bringing its fleet to 18 aircraft.

Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) expects its 20 New Year’s Eve countdown activities in 17 provinces will generate 20 billion baht of revenue, with 4 million domestic tourists attending.

Key destinations include Bangkok, Udon Thani, Chiang Rai, Samut Prakan, Phuket and Chumphon. Bangkok will have activities at CentralWorld, Parc Paragon at Siam Paragon, Khao San Road, and the Rattanakosin Island area.

This year TAT started research about top destinations for New Year travel to develop a database for marketing next year. Among 2,300 respondents in Bangkok, 40% of them chose Chiang Mai as their travel destination because of the cooler weather and tourism activities there such as the second Royal Flora Ratchaphruek, said Morakot Suddee, director of the event planning division.

Some 21% planned to travel in the centra

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Bangkok Airways adds a brand-new Airbus A319 to its service bringing its fleet to 18 aircraft.

Thailand’s first privately-owned domestic airline since 1986, and with industry experience dating back to 1968, Bangkok Airways has a long established policy of listening attentively to what its customers want and then delivering in a style and with a flair of its own.

Another very welcome bonus will be the Bangkok Airways much talked about and appreciated lounges like the one at Suvarnabhumi – "I have to say – the Bangkok Airways lounge is awesome – free food (sandwiches, desserts, pastry) drinks (lattes, coffee, …
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THAILAND-Bangkok Airways’ daily operations from and to Suvarnabhumi Airport is running per normal schedule. The airline’s ticket counter on 4th floor at Suvarnabhumi Airport is also open as normal.

Bangkok Airways' daily operations from and to Suvarnabhumi Airport is running per normal schedule. The airline's ticket counter on 4th floor at Suvarnabhumi Airport is also open as normal. 1. Ticket(s) purchased for travel between 14 October – 30 …
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For passengers holding Bangkok Airways (PG) ticket (ticket number start with 829) traveling on any route involving Bangkok as a part of the ticket itinerary.