Thailand reauthorises passenger transport to Bangkok

Thailand is now allowing a number of airlines to carry passengers to Bangkok.
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport has seen a 98.8% drop in international passenger traffic since April. (photo: LC)

Until now, airlines still serving the Thai capital had to fly empty or only with repatriated Thai passengers. On the other hand, they were authorised to carry departing passengers.

Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, Emirates, Etihad, Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways are once again able to carry passengers to Bangkok. Since Friday 16 October companies Lufthansa Group are once again welcoming passengers bound for Thailand. Lufthansa offers two flights a week between Frankfurt and Bangkok. Swiss offers three weekly frequencies from Zurich. As for Austrian AirlinesIt flies from Vienna to Bangkok twice a week.

Two additional frequencies will be added at the end of the month. Lufthansa will offer three flights a week from Frankfurt and Austrian three flights a week from Vienna.

As for the Air France Groupthe booking site indicates the resumption of services to Bangkok from January 2021. And alone KLM will be operating on the route, with one daily flight.. It is also difficult to predict when Thai Airways international will once again be landing regularly in Europe. Until now, all its takeover plans have been postponed from month to month, apart from a few charter flights.

However, the resumption of traffic will depend on the restoration of less restrictive entry conditions into the Kingdom. For the time being, the majority of travellers cannot actually visit the Kingdom.