Bamboo Airways resumes Vietnam-Thailand service after 1-year hiatus

By Minh Anh

Tue, October 15, 2024 | 9:32 am GMT+7

Ho Chi Minh City-based Bamboo Airways has announced it will resume flights between HCMC and Thailand’s Bangkok next month after a one-year suspension.

The airline will conduct a daily return flight from November 26, departing Tan Son Nhat airport at 11:15 a.m. and Don Mueang airport at 2:00 p.m., respectively. Each flight will last about 1 hour and 40 minutes.

A Bamboo Airways airplane. Photo courtesy of the company.

The event will mark the resumption of the airline’s regular international flight network after one year of restructuring, said Bamboo Airways CEO Luong Hoai Nam.

The flights between the two countries’ capitals will provide a travel option for passengers, especially in the year-end travel season, he added.

Bamboo Airways had launched the HCMC-Bangkok and Hanoi-Bangkok routes in April 2022 and March 2023, respectively.

To meet higher demands during year-end and Lunar New Year holidays, the airline plans to add two airplanes to its fleet by the end of this year.

With such an addition, Bamboo Airways will consider increasing the frequencies on the existing routes and resuming flights to other domestic destinations such as Thanh Hoa and Phu Quoc and international destinations.

Thailand has been a favorite destination for outbound Vietnamese travelers. In 2023, over one million tourists from Vietnam went to Thailand. Meanwhile, Vietnam is one of the top three most visited destinations by Thai visitors.

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