BRITISH Airways has relaunched flights to Bangkok following a four-year hiatus. The flag carrier launched flights between London Gatwick Airport and Bangkok earlier this week. Its first flight to Bangkok in four years left London Gatwick Airport at 9.
15pm on Monday October 28, touching down in Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport at 4.10pm the following day. The flights will initially operate three times per week before increasing to five times per week in January and February.
Services will then drop to four times per week in March. Return fares start from £718 per person, with a choice of three cabin options available, including World Traveller (economy), World Traveller Plus (premium economy) and Club World (business class). Read More on Flights The airline has also expanded its partnership with Bangkok Airways , helping customers to connect to five other holiday destinations from the Thai, including Phuket and Chiang Mai.
Neil Chernoff, British Airways’ Chief Planning and Strategy Officer, said: "We know that Bangkok has been a highly anticipated route restart for our customers, so we are thrilled to see it firmly back on our global route map." Earlier this year, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) changed its entry rules , with visitors from the UK, along with 92 other countries, being able to enter the country for 60 days at a time, without a visa. Tourist numbers to Thailand are still down compared to pre-pandemic levels.
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