Plan for flight to Phuket

Low-cost carrier Thai Air Asia is planning to start a direct flight from Calcutta to Phuket, one of the most popular holiday destinations in Southeast Asia.
“We are studying the route for launching a direct flight. There is a great demand on the sector,” said Suresh Nair, the regional manager (India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) of Air Asia. Thai Air Asia is a part of the group.
He added Air Asia would initially operate four flights a week to the beach destination in Thailand.
According to him, 44 per cent of the passengers who fly from Calcutta to Bangkok proceed to Phuket.
Somebody flying from Calcutta to Phuket now has to wait a minimum of two hours at the Bangkok airport to catch a connecting flight. A ticket on a direct flight is expected to cost about 30 per cent less.
Air Asia now operates daily flights to Bangkok and thrice a week to Kuala Lumpur.
11/06/11 The Telegraph

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