Published on : Friday, April 12, 2019
Rajkumar Paranthaman, head of marketing, Air Asia India and Ms. Cholada Siddhivarn, director of Tourism Authority Thailand, Mumbai office, said that the flight would initially be operated 4 days a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
To quote Mr. Paranthaman, “Air Bus 320 with 180 seats (all economy) will be used for the operation. From Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad (AMD) it would operate as flight number FD145 at 2220 hours IST on the four days to reach Don Muang International Airport in Bangkok (DMK) at 0415 hrs (local time). From DMK on the same days it would fly at 1900hrs local time to reach AMD at 2150 hrs IST. (Thai time is 1 hr 30 minutes ahead of India time).”
He said that Ahmedabad would be the ninth Indian destination for Air Asia Thailand after Kochi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Vizag and Gaya.
He said that there would be a special all inclusive one way promotional fare of Rs. 4999/- for loyalty customers (who register on airlines portal). Mr. Paranthaman said that the airlines would aim to run at least one daily flight and then increase the numbers.
Vegetarian Indian/Gujarati food would be available on board and plans are there to include Jain cuisine in the menu as well.
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