Air traffic in and over Thailand, during the ten days following the reopening of the country to foreign arrivals on November 1st, was 25% percent higher than in October, averaging 990 flights a day, including overflights, according to Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Company (Aerothai).

 

2,243 international, 6,651 domestic and 1,025 overflights through Thai air space were recorded.

 

Aerothai executive vice president Tinnagorn Choowong said that the figures represent a good sign that traffic will further increase for the rest of the year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailands-air-traffic-increases-25-during-the-first-ten-days-of-november/

 

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Pretty easy to do when it was very low to begin with.

I think most would rather take the overflight somewhere else than to risk landing here now.

 

Wait until Thailand is actually open without the closures, restrictions, delays, insurance, PCR quarantine jail risk, and all the other hurdles remaining for international tourism.

 

Perhaps they will figure it out and be ready in a year from now.

20 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Pretty easy to do when it was very low to begin with.

Not as easy as finding a negative comment to say about  everything. 
 

Of course it was low, the country has been effectively shut. 
 

They have to start from somewhere. 
 

6 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Not as easy as finding a negative comment to say about  everything. 
 

Of course it was low, the country has been effectively shut. 
 

They have to start from somewhere. 
 

My comment in no way was negative.  It was a positive insightful post. However, your view is your view.

Very few are going to come that don't have long term connections to Thailand.

 

https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/news/pattaya-has-2500-foreign-visitors-and-counting-379139

 

Yesterday's announcement about entertainment not reopening until mid January ensured another round of cancellations.

So much for the high season the deluded optimists forecast.

 

 

3 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Not as easy as finding a negative comment to say about  everything. 
 

Of course it was low, the country has been effectively shut. 
 

They have to start from somewhere. 
 

True - It remains the only country in the region at least having a bit of a go at reopening and I have some very happy friends (Thai and Western) who have returned to Thailand to see their wives or partners and some, their sons and daughters.

 

We all hope the process is streamlined a bit so that airlines continue to operate, as there must be a limit to how many sparsely populated flights they are prepared to fund, as their responsibility is to their shareholders and not the governments of the countries they fly to.

 

 

17 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

My comment in no way was negative.  It was a positive insightful post. However, your view is your view.

It did seem a touch flippant in all fairness

11 minutes ago, sungod said:

It did seem a touch flippant in all fairness

Flippant, really. When the only way to go is up how can that be flippant or negative....

Wasn't just a week or so ago in the news that airlines in Thailand returned 80% of their arrival slits for the next 6 months?

 

 

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

including overflights.

o·ver·flight

/ˈōvərˌflīt/

 

noun

plural noun: overflights

1. a flight of an aircraft over a particular area.

   "a resumption of overflights across each other's territory"

    

    

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Pretty easy to do when it was very low to begin with.

Easy peasy, just need to fill the flights with passengers now

9 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Easy peasy, just need to fill the the flights with passengers now

That's something they missed. 

There might be the obvious increase in flight arrivals, per se, but almost all are two-thirds empty. 

Manipulation is so easy when most aren't paying attention.

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Flippant, really. When the only way to go is up how can that be flippant or negative....

or touchy........

4 minutes ago, sungod said:

or touchy........

if I hit a nerve it must have been from someone not understanding a sarcastic post that was insightful as well as positive.  A positively insightful sarcastic sentence all in one.

Airlines have given up 80% of their landing slots until Q2 2022 at the earliest.

That's the only figure that matters.

 

 

2 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

2,243 international, 6,651 domestic and 1,025 overflights through Thai air space were recorded.

In that same period there was a total of 30,538 incoming passengers on those 2,243 flights making a median average of 13.7 ish people per plane

20 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

if I hit a nerve it must have been from someone not understanding a sarcastic post that was insightful as well as positive.  A positively insightful sarcastic sentence all in one.

Hilarious, your post may have been many things,

 

'Pretty easy to do when it was very low to begin with. '

 

If you think that is insightful, your bar is very low ????????. Anymore words of wisdom before bed? ???????????? Beats counting sheep!

10 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Not as easy as finding a negative comment to say about  everything. 
 

Of course it was low, the country has been effectively shut. 
 

They have to start from somewhere. 
 

The negativity of some of these people is unreal, same names every day, thaivisa forum really does live up to its reputation. 

8 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

In that same period there was a total of 30,538 incoming passengers on those 2,243 flights making a median average of 13.7 ish people per plane

And thats if you in any way believe there figures. For the record I dont. Didnt know airlines had a charity operation now flying at massive losses. Learn something everday !  

9 hours ago, PranBuriThai said:

Airlines have given up 80% of their landing slots until Q2 2022 at the earliest.

That's the only figure that matters.

 

 

Logically, that's when many carriers expect to be bouncing back into full gear worldwide. 

It's already a bit of a industry understanding. 

10 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

In that same period there was a total of 30,538 incoming passengers on those 2,243 flights making a median average of 13.7 ish people per plane

Do they distinguish between passenger flights and cargo flights?

3 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Do they distinguish between passenger flights and cargo flights?

Only if the passengers are in actual seats and not stored in the cargo hold either in the deep freeze section or in a cage waiting to get home to family.

10 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

In that same period there was a total of 30,538 incoming passengers on those 2,243 flights making a median average of 13.7 ish people per plane

There ya go....

I imagine it does make for easier travel. 

Less a_ssholes on the flight. 

 

During the COE/ASQ 14-day quarantine period, I commuted a couple of times in a period of 6 months.

All flights were nearly empty then - probably hasn't changed much.

Anyone know the requirements for domestic flights?

 

10 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

In that same period there was a total of 30,538 incoming passengers on those 2,243 flights making a median average of 13.7 ish people per plane

 

My guess is that 2,243 "international" figure includes both arriving and departing aircraft.

 

And who knows how they are counting code-shares, cargo, military, private?

 

I counted 45 international arrivals (passenger) for yesterday, SBIA/BKK only. Maybe another 20 cargo.

 

I was actually quite surprised at the results, easily double what I would have expected.

11 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Easy peasy, just need to fill the flights with passengers now

Nah, smart people aren't coming, and neither are the drunks as nothing open

10 minutes ago, aussiexpat said:

Nah, smart people aren't coming, and neither are the drunks as nothing open

So are you really telling me that the 300,000 tourists expected each month from 1st Nov is not going to happen?.........damn

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Only if the passengers are in actual seats and not stored in the cargo hold either in the deep freeze section or in a cage waiting to get home to family.

Been a few flights were certain families should have been caged.

There will be lots more overflights as tourists are looking for a holiday with alcohol.