Suvarnabhumi international airport conducted drills today (Wednesday) to test its readiness to cope with the arrival of foreign tourists on November 1st, when Thailand reopens its borders to arrivals by air. The drill involved 150 people pretending to be tourists arriving from Germany, to establish how long it will take for each passenger to disembark, […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US Orion spacecraft is scheduled to conduct its first unmanned flight to the Moon aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) giant rocket in the Artemis I program in February 2022, NASA said on Saturday. The US space agency announced on Friday that US Artemis engineers had completed the stacking process of […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – After the CCSA announced the easing of lockdown measures allowing travel between provinces, six airlines comprising ThaiSmile, NokAir, Air Asia, Thai Lion Air, Thai Viet Jet, and Bangkok Airways, have indicated that they are ready to fly on September 1. Customers can check the airlines’ websites for flight schedules. Airports of Thailand’s […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) plans to allow resumption of air travel in the country’s COVID-19 “dark red” areas from September 1st, after the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced permission for interprovincial travel in those areas. According to Airports of Thailand, domestic air travel will resume in “dark […]
BANGKOK(NNT) – Thailand’s Surat Thani province will continue the “Samui Plus” program to attract vaccinated foreign tourists, with Bangkok Airways set to resume flights between Phuket and Samui Island on 25 August. Surat Thani governor Witchawut Jinto said on 21 August, that 257 inoculated foreign tourists had traveled to Samui, after spending two weeks in […]
BANGKOK, Aug 19 (TNA) – Thai Airways International (THAI) announced to resume international and domestic flight operations during the August – October period. In response to increasing demand for air travel, the airline will operate flights to international and domestic destinations under the Covid-19 prevention measures, said Nond Kalinta, THAI’s chief commercial officer. Full story: […]
PHUKET: All domestic flights serving passengers travelling into and out of Bangkok and other areas designated ‘dark red’ COVID high-risk zones will be banned from Wednesday (July 21) following an order by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT.) The Phuket branch of Airports of Thailand (AOT Phuket), which operates Phuket International Airport, announced the […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – Thai Airways has resumed international operations to and from Phuket for the Phuket Tourism Sandbox campaign, providing direct passenger services from five European airports to the island province now open for quarantine-free tourism. The first international flight resumed by Thailand’s national flag carrier Thai Airways landed in Phuket today, bringing tourists from […]
