(17/06/24)
AirAsia at this time (17 June) resumed flights between
Kuala Lumpur and Pattaya, Thailand.
The airline is working the route with thrice
weekly flights each Monday, Friday and Sunday.
Flight AK840 is timed to depart from Kuala Lumpur
Airport (KUL) at 11:00 and arrive at U-Tapao Rayong / Pattaya
Airport (UTP) at 12:05.
From Pattaya, flight AK841 is slated to depart at
12:30, arriving at KUL at 15:30.
AirAsia Malaysia A320. Image by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com
The reinstatement of the Pattaya route marks the
airline’s ninth direct service to Thailand from Kuala Lumpur,
Johor Bahru and Penang to Bangkok (Don Mueang Airport / DMK),
Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport / BKK), Krabi (KBV), Chiang Mai
(CNX), Phuket (HKT) and Hat Yai (HDY).
Because the eighth largest metropolis in Thailand, Pattaya
has lengthy been a extremely wanted tourism vacation spot for each
home and worldwide travellers and in 2019 AirAsia flew
over 60,000 travellers between Kuala Lumpur and Pattaya Airport.
“We are pleased to resume services to the East
Coast of the Gulf of Thailand, providing the only direct
connectivity from Kuala Lumpur to the city,” mentioned Bo Lingam, Group
CEO of AirAsia Aviation Group. “This addition to our vast network
in Thailand underscores our continued commitment to making travel
more accessible to second tier cities such as Pattaya. With
approximately 2.7 million guests flying from Malaysia to Thailand
throughout 2023, we firmly believe that the return of this popular
route will boost the number of travellers to and from Thailand
this year.”
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August
In August, Pattaya will host the Miss
Worldwide Queen 2024 Grand Finals.
First established in 2004, the occasion will this
yr have 23 contestants from all around the globe, together with Eva Mendez Foster who will
signify Malaysia.
To study extra in regards to the
occasion, Steven Howard of Journey Information Asia interviewed Khun Alisa
Phanthusak, MD of Tiffany’s Present Pattaya, on 12 June.
The interview is
obtainable beneath in video and audio podcast codecs.
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