AirAsia Launches Fly-Thru Services via Bangkok Don Mueang Airport

Chennai: AirAsia, the world’s low cost carrier announced its new Fly-Thru service from  Chennai (via Bangkok) to Chiang Mai , Phuket, Krabi, Macau, Singapore.

AirAsia guests will be able to connect to their onward AirAsia flight conveniently to Chiang Mai , Phuket, Krabi, Macau, Singapore through Bangkok, providing them with a hassle-free travel experience.

AirAsia is celebrating the Fly-Thru launch with all inclusive one way fare Rs 8,666 from Chennai ( via Bangkok) to Chiang Mai, Krabi, Phuket, Krabi, Macau, Singapore. Guests can book at www.airasia.com from now to Nov 17, 2013 for travel between Dec 1 –March 29, 2014.

The Fly-Thru service is an added convenience factor as AirAsia passengers can check their bags through and collect them at their final destination when transiting through Bangkok- Don Mueang Airport.

According to Santisuk Klongchaiya, Thai AirAsia’s Director of Commercial, “We are very pleased to offer more convenience to our passengers who can now easily transit to AirAsia’s extensive network of Fly-Thru routes via Bangkok. Apart from AirAsia’s low fares, travellers will be able to check in one time and pick up all their checked-in belongings at the final destination. Other benefits for Fly-Thru passengers who are travelling from one international destination to another international destination via Bangkok include being exempt from airport taxes in Don Mueang Airport, being exempt from a Thai visa requirement, and being able to skip the immigration line in Bangkok.”

International passengers who are transiting to a domestic destination in Thailand (Chiang Mai, Phuket or Krabi) will be required to go through an immigration line upon their arrival in Bangkok, which is their first port of entry into the country. Meanwhile, visa requirements for the final destination still apply and airport taxes are still applicable at the origin destination.