The embattled airline is planning a return to at least 10 major cities in both Asia and Europe in just a few weeks’ time.
Photo: Thai Airways
With Thailand’s partial reopening slated for November 1, its flag carrier will be restarting flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to 36 destinations across the globe between the end of this month and early January. The news was announced yesterday by Nond Kalinta, Thai Airways’ Executive Vice President for Commerce, who said regular services would resume to major cities in Europe, Asia, and Australasia from October 31. Intriguingly, there will be no flights to and from Mainland China, even though China is one of five low-risk countries whose residents will be eligible for quarantine-free entry next month if they are fully vaccinated and test negative for the virus before arrival. The others are Germany, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Thai Airways will soon be running nonstop flights from Bangkok to the following European cities:
| Destination | Frequency | Days of operation from BKK |
| Brussels | 2 x weekly | Wed, Fri |
| Copenhagen | 2 x weekly | Wed, Sun |
| Frankfurt | 4 x weekly | Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun |
| London (Heathrow) | 4 x weekly | Tue, Wed, Fri, Sun |
| Milan (Malpensa) | 2 x weekly (from Jan 1) | Thu, Sat |
| Munich | 1 x weekly (from Jan 1) | Sun |
| Paris (CDG) | 1 x weekly | Sun |
| Stockholm | 2 x weekly | Tue, Thu |
| Zürich | 1 x weekly (then 2 x weekly from Jan 1) | Mon (from Jan 1), Wed |
European cities being served with Thai Airways’ nonstop flights from Bangkok.
That comes on top of return flights on these long-haul routes to support the Phuket Sandbox scheme:
| Route | Frequency | Days of operation from BKK |
| Bangkok–Phuket–Copenhagen | 1 x weekly | Thu |
| Bangkok–Phuket–Frankfurt | 3 x weekly | Tue, Thu, Sat |
| Bangkok–Phuket–London Heathrow | 3 x weekly | Wed, Fri, Sun |
| Bangkok–Munich–Phuket–Bangkok | 1 x weekly (from Jan 1) | Fri |
| Bangkok–Phuket–Paris CDG | 2 x weekly | Tue, Thu |
| Bangkok–Phuket–Stockholm | 1 x weekly | Fri |
| Bangkok–Zürich–Phuket–Bangkok | 1 x weekly | Fri |
Meanwhile, October 31 will also mark the relaunch of scheduled passenger services between Bangkok and 11 cities in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Australasia:
| Destination | Frequency | Days of operation from BKK |
| Hong Kong | 3 x weekly | Wed, Fri, Sun |
| Jakarta | 1 x weekly | Wed |
| Manila | 5 x weekly | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat |
| Nagoya | 4 x weekly | Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun |
| Osaka | 4 x weekly | Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun |
| Seoul | 7 x weekly | Every day |
| Singapore | 4 x weekly | Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat |
| Sydney | 2 x weekly | Wed, Sun |
| Taipei | 4 x weekly | Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat |
| Tokyo Haneda | 3 x weekly (from Jan 1) | Tue, Thu, Sat |
| Tokyo Narita | 4 x weekly | Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat |
Thai Airways also plans to resume flights to South Asia on New Year’s Day 2022, including a daily service to Delhi:
| Destination | Frequency (all from Jan 1) | Days of operation from BKK |
| Bengaluru | 3 x weekly | Mon, Fri, Sun |
| Chennai | 4 x weekly | Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat |
| Dhaka | 3 x weekly | Tue, Thu, Sat |
| Hyderabad | 3 x weekly | Mon, Fri, Sun |
| Islamabad | 4 x weekly | Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat |
| Karachi | 4 x weekly | Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat |
| Lahore | 3 x weekly | Tue, Thu, Sat |
| Mumbai | 5 x weekly | Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun |
| New Delhi | 7 x weekly | Every day |
Thai Airways will return to nine cities in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan from January 1, 2022.
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