Qatar Airways launches Pattaya flights

[webfact]

Qatar Airways launches Pattaya flights

Qatar Airways announces flights to Pattaya

 

Jomtien Beach in Pattaya. Photo: Tourism Authority of Thailand

 

Doha-based Qatar Airways recently announced its plan to launch flights between Doha and U-Tapao Rayong-Pattaya International Airport in response to increased customer demand for services to Thailand.

 

Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn, TAT Governor said, “Qatar Airways is a long-standing partner to Thailand, and we greatly value its commitment to expand direct air services into secondary destinations around the country.

 

“The new service to Pattaya is Qatar Airways’ route to Thailand. We appreciate such a move, which will certainly help to reinforce the strong ties between Qatar and Thailand.”

 

His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive said, “We are delighted to announce the launch of our newest route to Pattaya in Thailand, our fifth route to one of Southeast Asia’s most popular destinations. Thailand is continuing to grow in popularity with our passengers, who love travelling to this beautiful country to enjoy its incredible culture, cuisine and natural scenery.”

 

The new Doha-Pattaya flights will offer five-star comfort on Boeing 787 Dreamliner aeroplanes, with 22 seats in Business Class and 232 seats in Economy Class. It will be the first Middle Eastern airline to offer flights to and from Pattaya.

 

The winter timetable for the new flight service (QR828) departs Doha 20:05 and arrives in Pattaya 06:30 (next day) on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The return flight (QR829) departs Pattaya 07:50 and arrives 11:40 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

 

The new service starts on January 28, 2018, and is in addition to the airline’s existing flights with services 35 times a week to Bangkok and 14 times a week to Phuket.

 

From 1 December, 2017, the airline will also operate a daily flight to Krabi and from 12 December this year it will fly four times a week to Chiang Mai. These two new services will take the airline’s weekly frequency to Thailand to 60 flights a week.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/Travel_log/30330939

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-11-09

[overherebc]

Where on the beach was the photo taken?

Looks nice.

[canopus1969]

Why are the angles of the shade made by the trees different from the shade made by the people 

[overherebc]

8 minutes ago, canopus1969 said:

Why are the angles of the shade made by the trees different from the shade made by the people 

Sidereal aberration.

[lonewolf99]

I thought it was only in my universe that there are 2 suns.....must have been taken on a Wednesday - no umbrellas.

 

 

[burgdawg]

...I hope these flights catch on! Qatar Airlines is onto a good thing!

[Deli]

And Camels will fly...

[Sydebolle]

I met quite some important people, real VIPs, politicians and even crowned heads but I never ever met a CEO of a commercial enterprise who needed to be addressed with "His Excellency".

The beach picture is equally photoshopped big time; so it seems to be an eye-pleasing article ;-) 

[Rimmer]

A troll post has been removed

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, burgdawg said:

...I hope these flights catch on! Qatar Airlines is onto a good thing!

High season only, December 2017 to March 2018. Testing the market. When I looked at their website, there were some good deals on r/t airfares from U-Tapao to UK via Doha.

 

5 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

I met quite some important people, real VIPs, politicians and even crowned heads but I never ever met a CEO of a commercial enterprise who needed to be addressed with "His Excellency".
...

When the CEO of Qatar (the airline) happens to be a member of the royal family of Qatar ( the country), he gets the H.E. handle.

 

7 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

...
The beach picture is equally photoshopped big time; so it seems to be an eye-pleasing article ;-) 

And this is bad?

[kwan]

According to 'Gurgle' it's Jomtien Beach. !

[Greenhill]

It's clearly such a bad photoshop, it's not even Jomtien Beach, as you can see the Hilton, Dust + Wong Amat condos.

Excellent spot by Canopus1969 re the shadows and TAT put their name to this dishonesty?!

[NanLaew]

It's Pattaya Beach taken from around Beach@Klang, looking north, circa 2011.

 

...on a Wednesday morning.

 

...in low season.

[Luckysilk]

And how much is a taxi from the airport :) 

 

Hassle free like Swampy with a plethora of options ?

[champers]

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

It's Pattaya Beach taken from around Beach@Klang, looking north, circa 2011.

 

...on a Wednesday morning.

 

...in low season.

Sometime after May 2014, I think.

[sungod]

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

It's Pattaya Beach taken from around Beach@Klang, looking north, circa 2011.

 

...on a Wednesday morning.

 

...in low season.

 

9 minutes ago, champers said:

Sometime after May 2014, I think.

Not sure about the date, but that's Akihiro from Osaka with the white hair, Bob and June from Skegness to his right

Edited November 9, 2017 by sungod

[dabhand]

A warning for any punters travelling to Pattaya with their SO's. Keep their mobiles well hidden, or wear gloves!!

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/08/qatar-airways-plane-forced-to-land-after-wife-discovers-husbands-affair-midflight

A Qatar Airways plane has been forced to land midflight after a woman who used her sleeping husband’s thumb to unlock his smartphone discovered he was having an affair.

[worgeordie]

TAT was once caught out when it used a photo of a beach in NW Scotland,

in some of its advertizing material ,Amazing Thailand.

regards worgeordie

[Naam]

6 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

I met quite some important people, real VIPs, politicians and even crowned heads but I never ever met a CEO of a commercial enterprise who needed to be addressed with "His Excellency".

obviously you've never been to the Middle East.

[digbeth]

9 hours ago, canopus1969 said:

Why are the angles of the shade made by the trees different from the shade made by the people 

illusion, 

the shadow you thought of as being of different angle is off the canopy of another trees that's on the top right, out of frame, the body of the tree happen to be bent enough that it looks like the shadow is cast from the smaller tree in frame

[NanLaew]

8 hours ago, sungod said:

 

Not sure about the date, but that's Akihiro from Osaka with the white hair, Bob and June from Skegness to his right

Bob and June split up BTW. June is back at her mum's wherever that is but Bob's still working at Morrisons.

[sungod]

35 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Bob and June split up BTW. June is back at her mum's wherever that is but Bob's still working at Morrisons.

Thanks, never got a Christmas card last year from them, that may explain.

[wpcoe]

Here's one blogger's perspective of the new Qatar service:  http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2017/11/09/strange-route-qatar-airways-launches-non-stop-service-pattaya-thailand/

[Sydebolle]

14 hours ago, Naam said:

obviously you've never been to the Middle East.

Correct, I never lived in the Middle East. Seems to be another hilarious corner of this planet then 

 

[Naam]

3 hours ago, wpcoe said:

Here's one blogger's perspective of the new Qatar service:  http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2017/11/09/strange-route-qatar-airways-launches-non-stop-service-pattaya-thailand/

Quote

Qatar is one of the more religiously conservative countries in the region. Pattaya is.. anything but.

yawnnnnnn... we know Pattaya is not a country

Edited November 10, 2017 by Naam

[JSixpack]

2 hours ago, Naam said:

yawnnnnnn... we know Pattaya is not a country

 

Sloppy writing from that "Thought Leader In Travel." Repeats the Pattaya origins myth. Very biased & contributes to the stereotype.

[Phatcharanan]

On 11/9/2017 at 3:36 AM, NanLaew said:

When the CEO of Qatar (the airline) happens to be a member of the royal family of Qatar ( the country), he gets the H.E. handle.

 

 

He is NOT a member of the royal family. 

Edited November 11, 2017 by Phatcharanan