TAAX to fly to Tehran and Muscat

Thai AirAsia X (TAAX) is all set to spread its wings to Tehran and Muscat to cash in on new travel market frontiers, CE Nadda Buranasiri has confirmed. The carrier will start operating 3 non-stop flights a week from Bangkok Don Mueang to Tehran June 22. It will also start offering 3 flights week from Bangkok to Muscat June 28. The direct connections between Bangkok and the two Middle Eastern capitals are served mainly by Tehran-based Mahan Airlines and Oman Air, which also operates on behalf of THAI. The lifting of economic sanctions against Iran in January has turned Tehran into a new economic frontier and an emerging tourism market, said Nadda. These 2 new routes also support the strategies of the Thai govt and the Tourism Authority of Thailand to penetrate new markets, he said. <br/>