Flugverbindungen nach Phuket

hschmid

Zur Zeit sind die Flugverbindungen nach Phuket eingeschränkt, z.T. bedingt durch den Sommerflugplan, andererseits durch technische Auflagen (Flugverbot) aufgrund technischer Mängel und nicht eingehaltener Wartungschecks.

Siehe hierzu folgenden Artikel aus der Phuket Gazette vom 2. August:

Phuket-bound tourists stranded in Bangkok

PHUKET: Now that One-Two-Go and Nok Air have stopped flying to Phuket, many tourists are unable to find flights to our southern isle.

Angry Finnish tourist Arto Tiitinen called from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok this morning to inform the Gazette that many other irate Phuket-bound tourists were awaiting standby flights.

“I'm surprised that there are not extra flights; now my family must holiday elsewhere. I have no problem with money, it's just that there aren't any tickets to Phuket available for now at any price,” he said.

The Gazette checked the Air Asia website, which showed that airline’s flights to Phuket fully booked until Tuesday.

According to the THAI Airways website as of this morning, the soonest flight available to Phuket is on Tuesday, for 5,495 baht.

Those wanting a cheaper flight to Phuket will have to wait until Thursday, when off-peak flights cost 4,840 baht per person.

Those wishing to be guaranteed seating or lower prices are advised to book well in advance.

As for Mr Tiitinen, “Maybe I’ll take my family to Chiang Mai on holiday instead,” he said.

salamander1

Komisch,das die keine Flüge einschieben wo doch scheinbar genug Nachfrage besteht.

Wir sind einmal in Ranong gestrandet, die haben den Flug ,wegen zu geringer Auslastung ,einfach gestrichen. Aber das ist hier ja nicht der Fall.

Na ,ich hoffe das Problem ist bis März 2009 aus der Welt!

hschmid

Nok Air, die Tochtergesellschaft von Thai Airways, fliegt wieder Phuket an, aber nur am Wochenende. Für August gilt weiterhin, Flüge von und nach Phuket rechtzeitig buchen.

PHUKET CITY: Nok Air is resuming twice-weekly flights to Phuket from Bangkok following media reports of Phuket-bound tourists stranded in Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.

The Phuket Gazette's report as well as other media reports were used by the board in their decision making, Nok Air media and public relations representative Dechavut Vuttisilp told the Gazette.

The limited service, which resumes on August 9, is scheduled to operate on Saturdays and Sundays only. Flights depart from Don Muang airport in Bangkok to Phuket International Airport (PIA) at 9.15 am, with the return leg taking off from PIA at 11.05 am.

However, the Sunday flight for this week will be moved to Tuesday, August 12 to accommodate those wishing to enjoy Mother's Day in Phuket. For the rest of August the flights will be on Saturdays and Sundays.

Many Phuket-bound tourists who already faced limited flight options following the suspension of One-Two-Go's services on July 22 were stranded in Bangkok when Nok Air suspended its Bangkok-Phuket service on August 1. The move followed Nok Air's halt of its Krabi-Bangkok service on July 1.

At that time, Nok Air issued no official statement regarding its marketing strategies, but a source at the budget airline told the Gazette that people would be able to figure it out if they looked carefully at what the airline was doing.

Nok Air also suspended its loss-ridden Phuket-Haad Yai service November last year after a six-month trial period found there were not enough passengers to continue it. It now remains impossible to fly between the South's two major airports, which for decades had regularly-scheduled services.

Angry Finnish tourist Arto Tiitinen called from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on August 2 to inform the Gazette that many other irate Phuket-bound tourists were awaiting standby flights.

"I'm surprised that there are not extra flights; now my family must holiday elsewhere. I have no problem with money, it's just that there aren't any tickets to Phuket available for now at any price," he said, adding that he would instead take his family to Chiang Mai for a holiday.

The Gazette checked the AirAsia website that day, which showed that the airline's seven daily flights to Phuket from Suvarnabhumi were fully booked until Tuesday, August 5. Thai Airways continues to fly two or three flights daily to Phuket from Don Meuang and six flights a day from Suvarnabhumi.

Nok Air, which used Don Mueang International Airport as its main base, started operations in July 2004. Owned 39% by Thai Airways International, the low-cost carrier was set up to compete with the aggressive expansion of rival low-cost carrier Thai AirAsia.