Bangkok Airways plans route increases

Bangkok Airways plans to build a new airport maintenance service centre and offer more popular routes to ensure the company's revenue reaches 30b baht this year. Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, president of Bangkok Airways, said the plan is to enhance the company's overall performance. "We are planning to build a new hangar at the Sukhothai airport that can accommodate aircraft maintenance up to C-check levels," he said. Puttipong said the airline will still focus on expanding its network to cover the most important destinations throughout Asia to aid its passengers and codeshare partners. Examples are Chiang Mai-Hanoi, scheduled to start from March 25, and Phuket-Yangon, expected to launch in the fourth quarter of 2018, he said. For Samui, the company plans to offer some new charter services to mainland China such as Samui-Xian and Samui-Changsha. Increased frequency is also scheduled for the airline's popular domestic and international routes such as Bangkok-Phuket, which will be increased to 66 flights a week, Bangkok-Vientiane, rising to 14 flights a week, and Bangkok-Mandalay, up to 11 flights weekly.<br/>