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Thai AirAsia returns to Suvarnabhumi on October 1
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Thai AirAsia will resume domestic operations from Suvarnabhumi Airport on October 1, 2026, with direct flights to Chiang Mai, Phuket and Krabi as part of a major increase in fourth-quarter capacity ahead of the year-end high season.
Key facts
- The airline will continue its dual-airport strategy in Bangkok, operating 22 direct routes from Don Mueang International Airport and three from Suvarnabhumi
- Between October and December, Thai AirAsia will operate up to 135 domestic flights a day, an increase of more than 50% from the third quarter’s average peak of 88 daily flights.
- However, it expects domestic tourism to recover strongly during the fourth quarter and continue into early 2027, supported by the annual high season and tourism-stimulus measures planned by the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
- Flights from the airport will increase to as many as 17 a day to Chiang Mai, 15 to Phuket and nine to Hat Yai.
Summary
The airline will continue its dual-airport strategy in Bangkok, operating 22 direct routes from Don Mueang International Airport and three from Suvarnabhumi. Its network will also include nine cross-regional routes designed to improve domestic connectivity and support regional economies.
Phairat Pornpathananangoon, chief executive officer of Thai AirAsia, said the airline had previously been required to reduce flights because of persistently high aviation fuel prices and softer travel demand.