Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thailand's transport minister Saysayam Chidchob said that plans were getting in place to open the country to foreign tourists from next month with the launch of the Phuket Sandbox on July 1st.

 

After a meeting to prepare the way to opening the country again he said he had urged his compatriots to have a "service mind" to create that good "first impression".

 

Thai Rath printed the English terms in their story.

 

The minister also stressed that "Emergency Case" (what to do if things go wrong) was also important as was getting 100% of the population vaccinated. 

 

This latter one may prove more of a sticking point with many criticizing Thailand's stuttering rollout.

 

Thai Rath said that the reopening plan after Phuket would  include: Pattaya, Cha-Am, Hua Hin, Phangnga, Koh Samui, Krabi, Chiang Mai, Buriram and Bangkok.

 

Meanwhile the director of Phuket International Airport Thanee Chuangchu said he was "ready for anything".

 

From July to October 31 airlines have plans to fly directly into the southern Thai airport. 

 

In July there will be around ten direct flights per day that will rise to 18-24 in August.

 

It will continue to go up into September and October, he asserted. 

 

The airlines were not named in the story, notes Thaivisa. 

 

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Enjoy your ankle bracelets!

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Enjoy your ankle bracelets!

Probably they would enjoy anal trackers more , because less face it unless you had to go there  do to business or family,  it would be sheer stupidity to go there as an inmate, as clearly they can not be tourists if they can not tour.????

is phuket and its airport big enough to cope with the massive influx of .................empty planes lol

If as they claim they know of 31 different airlines ready to fly to Phuket Why not  name them I think it’s a case of

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

"ready for anything".

sounds good, like getting ready for transfer to inactive position

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The airlines were not named in the story, notes Thaivisa. 

Probably as they would deny it

The airlines will send a flight or two to Phuket:-

 

1. To test demand.

2. To keep their landing slots which come under a "use it, or lose it" rule.

 

 

 

I wondered if 31 viable international carriers still viable and not bankrupt.  But I suppose must be at least 31 countries keeping national carriers afloat.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

From July to October 31 airlines have plans to fly directly into the southern Thai airport. 

 

In July there will be around ten direct flights per day that will rise to 18-24 in August.

Ok, 31 airline companies or 31 flights. What companies??

Here we come !!!

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Enjoy your ankle bracelets!

And your beer bars, oh I forgot there won’t be any

6 hours ago, webfact said:

After a meeting to prepare the way to opening the country again he said he had urged his compatriots to have a "service mind" to create that good "first impression"

Yes we already know the girls are ready to return and open-up.

That YT channel reported the names of those 31 airlines:

 

https://youtu.be/DqxpIDEsv-k

23 minutes ago, cpfleger said:

That YT channel reported the names of those 31 airlines:

 

https://youtu.be/DqxpIDEsv-k

That's interesting. 

I wonder how many go out of business?

All the airlines names start with a "T" and end in "I" just about every other one I have checked out have no idea they are flying there on my pre 14 day search ????

Go ahead, vaccinate residents with SinoVac.  See how many international tourists bother to come…

47 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

All the airlines names start with a "T" and end in "I" just about every other one I have checked out have no idea they are flying there on my pre 14 day search ????

yes he meant 31 airplanes... just a misunderstanding. TG has 31 airplanes waiting for the starting flag......

As I've mentioned in another thread,  Hong Kong has downgraded Thailand from Medium to HIGH risk, so any Hongkie on a return ticket will face 14 ~21 days of quarantine on return ,depending on if they are vaccinated or not, plus various pre and post flight PCR tests!

Maybe a one way ticket will work for those with reasons to stay here......IF one way tickets are permitted under the sandbox scheme ???

Some woman called Teya on you tube named the 31 airlines.  but you will see that many only "plan" to fly to Phuket much  later in the year! 

 

That's a real helpful article. WHO ARE THE AIRLINES? A little journalism here would be nice.

6 hours ago, eyup said:

Some woman called Teya on you tube named the 31 airlines.  but you will see that many only "plan" to fly to Phuket much  later in the year! 

 

Very convincing chick, I was nearly going to book my flight !

11 hours ago, brucegoniners said:

That's a real helpful article. WHO ARE THE AIRLINES? A little journalism here would be nice.

Errr? Doesn't she list them in the you tube video?

A troll post has disappeared. 

8 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said:

Very convincing chick, I was nearly going to book my flight !

Probably she don't know many of them are near bankruptcy, I think some them mentioned are actually declared bankrupt.  

5 hours ago, SomchaiCNX said:

Probably she don't know many of them are near bankruptcy, I think some them mentioned are actually declared bankrupt.  

I doubt if she knows much at all.