Bangkok Airways (Bangkok Air) will begin flight services from Thai resort island Koh Samui to Malaysia capital city Kuala Lumpur (KL) from April 1, 2012 to boost connectivity between its second hub to international destinations.
KL will be the third international destination for the Thai private owned Bangkok Air with direct flights serving Koh Samui. The other two destinations are Singapore with daily flights and 10 flights per week for Hong Kong.
Bangkok Air will operate a daily flight using an Airbus 319 with all economy class 138 seats and the all-in return airfare is starting from RM790 for this sector.
KL will be the third international destination for the Thai private owned Bangkok Air with direct flights serving Koh Samui. The other two destinations are Singapore with daily flights and 10 flights per week for Hong Kong.
Bangkok Air will operate a daily flight using an Airbus 319 with all economy class 138 seats and the all-in return airfare is starting from RM790 for this sector.
The daily flight schedule is well timed for travellers flying out from Kuala Lumpur where you will enjoy the full day as compare to other airlines.
Flight PG 952 depart KLIA (KUL) at 8.20am and arrive at 0900am (Thai time) at Koh Samui with flying time of one hour forty minutes.
The return Flight PG 951 will depart Koh Samui at 5.55pm (Thai time) and expected to arrive KLIA at 8.25pm.
Bangkok Air is working towards to become a code-share partner with Malaysia Airlines and also part of the Bangkok Air’s strategy to tap into the long-haul passengers carried by Malaysia Airlines from Europe and Australia to Kuala Lumpur heading to Koh Samui.
At present passengers from Europe and Australia has to fly through Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok to connect to Koh Samui
Bangkok Airways has more than 30 daily flights to and from Koh Samui.
At present passengers from Europe and Australia has to fly through Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok to connect to Koh Samui
Bangkok Airways has more than 30 daily flights to and from Koh Samui.
"We expect half of the passengers travelling on Koh Samui-Kuala Lumpur to come from the transfer group, with the other half originating from the Malaysian capital," said Varong Israsena na Ayudhya, Bangkok Airways' regional sales director.
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