Bhutan Air starts Gaya pilgrimage flights
Bhutan Airlines will embark on its second route out of Bangkok to Gaya in India to tap seasonal travel demand. The second carrier of the landlocked state in the eastern Himalayas is set to launch twice-weekly non-stop services on the city-pair on a scheduled basis on Dec 4. It will compete with budget carrier THAI Smile, which operates non-stop flights from the Thai capital to the Indian city, albeit on a more frequent basis: five flights a week. Bhutan Airlines' debut of the Bangkok-Gaya flight was timed to coincide with the start of Thai Buddhist pilgrimages to the place where the Buddha was said to have obtained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree. Some 70,000 travellers from Thailand landed in Gaya last year, almost entirely for pilgrimage purposes. <br/>
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Bhutan Air starts Gaya pilgrimage flights
Bhutan Airlines will embark on its second route out of Bangkok to Gaya in India to tap seasonal travel demand. The second carrier of the landlocked state in the eastern Himalayas is set to launch twice-weekly non-stop services on the city-pair on a scheduled basis on Dec 4. It will compete with budget carrier THAI Smile, which operates non-stop flights from the Thai capital to the Indian city, albeit on a more frequent basis: five flights a week. Bhutan Airlines' debut of the Bangkok-Gaya flight was timed to coincide with the start of Thai Buddhist pilgrimages to the place where the Buddha was said to have obtained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree. Some 70,000 travellers from Thailand landed in Gaya last year, almost entirely for pilgrimage purposes. <br/>
