AirAsia introduces flights to India’s heritage capital, Ahmedabad

By The Nation

 

 

AirAsia has launched a new route connecting Bangkok with Ahmedabad, India’s first Unesco World Heritage City.

 

The four-times a week service, available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, kicks off on May 31 in a move to boost tourism in Thailand. 

 

AirAsia is offering its BIG loyalty programme members a promotional one-way all-in-fare from THB1,990 for Bangkok-Ahmedabad tickets booked via airasia.com and the AirAsia mobile app from today until April 21, for travel between May 31 and February 4. 

 

“India is a strategic market that is fast becoming an important contributor of inbound tourists for AirAsia Thailand. To fully leverage on this, we plan to regularly introduce routes connecting the two countries, focusing particularly on India’s burgeoning metros. Thailand’s own worldwide fame for hospitality should attract travellers from Ahmedabad, which is the capital of Gujarat state and India’s fifth most populous city,” AirAsia Thailand CEO Santisuk Klongchaiya said.

 

Thailand welcomed 1.5 million Indian visitors in 2018, up 12 per cent from the previous year, according to the Tourism and Sports Ministry.

 

AirAsia Thailand currently connects nine Indian cities with Bangkok, namely Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Jaipur, Kochi, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad and Gaya (seasonal).

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/Corporate/30367431

 

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That is useful info for me. I have been travelling to/from Ahmedabad for a number of years on business and having the option of a direct flight will be worth looking at.

 

I had the dubious pleasure of being the first passenger to use the new International terminal at Ahmedabad some years back. Knew nothing about it beforehand and was the only passenger in the front of a Qatar Airlines 737 (I think) that landed at 4am. Saw a bunch of lights at the foot of the steps and was welcomed to the new terminal by what seemed like a multitude of officials that continued through to Immigration and Customs. I just wanted to hit the road to my hotel having had minimal sleep after departing from my base in Cairo the previous evening. No keepsake handed out to mark the occasion. They did try and stick the usual red mark on my forehead, but managed to avoid that......