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Thailand Flights / Airlines
Looking
for the best flight to Thailand? The best airline? Or the lowest
fare? This page is dedicated to trying to help you get the perfect
flight, from the best airline and at the lowest price! Plus help
you get all the airport information you need.
Below are a
series of links to airlines, ticket consolidators / sales and airport
reference sites.
Most travel
in and out of Thailand involves going through, one way or another,
Don Muang Airport in Bangkok. If you are catching an internal flight
on from there, this can be very complicated unless you flew in on
Thai International Airways and are catching one of their internal
flights to somewhere else in Thailand. As then you will be transferred
and transported from the inbound International flight, to your appointed
internal flight terminal. You will clear immigrations and customs
at Bangkok.
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Sites Page?
"Siamfiles" - Don't be shy to suggest extra text, links
or other information.
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The "interesting"
part for fully Thai Airways customers when they are going to another International
airport within Thailand, such as Phuket. Because, having cleared customs
in Bangkok, you will exit as a domestic passenger. Trouble is, you can
wait as long as you like at the luggage carousel, but it will not turn
up! That is because your luggage will be on the International arrivals
carousel! Which means you have to walk over to the International passengers
area exit. Go in, explain to the customs desk. Pick up your luggage and
then leave re-explaining that you have already cleared customs in Bangkok
- clever huh?!
But that is preferable
to the "fate" of passengers arriving on one carrier's International
flight, who are then flying with another airline to some other Thai airport.
That is because, you will need to clear immigration and customs in Bangkok,
then get yourself to the domestic flight area. Unfortunately, this either
means a walk down the connecting (International to domestic) corridor,
or catching an airport bus. If you walk along the cleverly designed half
a kilometer corridor of virtually pure glass, you may get thirsty. As,
although there is a seemingly never ending line of air conditioning units.
Putting a long greenhouse in one of the worlds warmest spots is hardly
functional architecture! And catching the bus means getting onto one and
waiting for it to fill up in the wonderful warmth of the day!
Therefore. If you
are able to fly into another airport, such as Singapore, where the airport
is comparatively divine. Then fly onto your (other than Bangkok) Thai
destination from there, such as Phuket. You should be much better off.
Bangkok's airport, like its rush hour road traffic is something to be
avoided if you can!
Thai Airport Information
Maps of neighboring
International Terminal
1 and Terminal
2 plus a map of the Domestic
Terminal for Don Muang Airport, Bangkok.
Real time flight information
from Thailand Airports Authority can be
found here.
Click the following
links for regional airport information; Koh
Samui Airport, Phuket
International Airport,
Hat
Yai Airport, Chiang
Mai Airport, Chiang
Rai Airport. For all other airports, you are best going to the relevant
airline site (e.g. Thai Airways, Bangkok Air, etc.). Although the information
available will be minimal. But then, these airports tend to be small,
so terminal maps etc. are not really necessary.
Airlines That Fly
Into Thailand
These are listed in alphabetical order:- Aeroflot,
AIr
Andaman,
Air France, Air
India, Air
Lanka, Air
Mandalay, Air
New Zealand, Asiana
Airlines, Balkan
Bulgarian Airlines, Bangkok
Airways, British
Airways, Brunei
Airlines, Canadian
Airlines, Cathay
Pacific, China
Airlines, Delta
Airlines, Egyptair,
Elal,
EVA
Air, Finnair,
Garuda
Indonesia, Gulf
Air, JAL,
KLM
Royal Dutch, Korean
Air, Lao
Aviation, Lauda
Air, Malaysia
Airlines, Mandarin
Air, Mayanmar
Airlines, Northwest
Airlines, Pakistan
International (PIA), Philippine
Airlines, Qantas,
Royal
Air Cambodge, Royal
Nepal Air, SAA,
Silk
Air, Singapore
Airlines, Swissair,
Thai
International, Turkish
Airlines, United
Airlines, Vietnam
Airlines.
Air Ticket Sales
First, we recommend you try this Global ticketing site, jointly owned
by several of the world's largest airlines and Amadeus (the online wholesaler).
Opodo Airline
Tickets
Global ticketing;
TISS,
ETN.
From North America; Economy
Travel, Travel
Discounts, Wholesale
Travel, Air
Values, TravelHub.
From Europe; Teletravel
Germany, Malibu
Benelux.
From UK; Travel
4 Less, Air
Tickets Direct, Cheap
Flights, Checkin,
Destinations
Group.
From Australasia; FlightCentre,
STA
Travel
Please be aware, there
is a departure tax of B30 for domestic flights and B500 for international
flights (correct as of 01 July 2002).
If you know of any
other airlines that fly into Thailand, and /or online air ticket sales
companies you could recommend, please drop us an e-mail with details to
adminATtravelforumDOTorg.
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