India's Jet Airways Upbeat About Thailand

India's Jet Airways upbeat about Thailand

BANGKOK: -- India's Jet Airways will start operating direct flights from Delhi and Calcatta to Bangkok from January 23, it was announced on Tuesday.

Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal said at a press conference to announce the new service that the carrier is confident in the Thai government and the Thai economy, and that the new services will facilitate more travel among both Thais and Indians.

Jet Airways will operate 14 flights a week from Delhi and Calcutta to Thailand using Boeing 737-800 aircraft, and plans to use Airbus A330 to operate the Bangkok-Delhi route next year.

Tourism Authority of Thailand deputy governor Surapol Sawetseranee said statistics show steady increase in numbers of Indian visitors to the Kingdom. In 2006, over 370,000 tourists from India visited Thailand, an 18 per cent increase from 2005. The joint aim by the governments of Thailand and India to fill airline capacity of 10,000 passengers per week is likely to be met soon, he added.

--TNA 2007-01-09