Aeroflot to Resume Moscow-Phuket Flights in October

[snoop1130]

 

PHUKET (NNT) - Russia’s national airline Aeroflot is set to resume daily direct flights from Moscow to Phuket beginning on October 30, 2022.

 

The airline’s Moscow-Phuket service was suspended in March following the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which triggered European Union sanctions against Russia, including aviation sanctions.

 

Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) governor Yuthasak Supasorn stated that other Russian airlines are likely to restart flight services to Thailand once Aeroflot resumes its flight to Thailand as well. He added that the resumption of flights ahead of Europe’s winter season would benefit Thai tourism because Russian tourists would prefer to visit warmer countries such as Thailand.

 

According to TAT data, Thailand received 3.12 million foreign tourists in the first seven months of 2022, including more than 76,000 Russian visitors. The TAT hopes to attract 7 to 10 million tourists by the end of 2022.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220804142054239

 

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[Hamus Yaigh]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

The airline’s Moscow-Phuket service was suspended in March following the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which triggered European Union sanctions against Russia, including aviation sanctions.

The war is still happening so what's changed?

[falang07]

37 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

The war is still happening so what's changed?

Nothing has changed, the US flights have not been banned when the USA attacked other countries either. And they were attacking countries far from their home land, somewhere whey they should not be at all. Russia, on the other hand, is protecting their immediate neighbourhood and regions that they had in their possession historically, too. I do not remember USA having any interests in Libya or other countries apart from the oil and greed. AND let's not forget that even the land they call home now was stolen from the "Indians".

 

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[billd766]

4 minutes ago, falang07 said:

Nothing has changed, the US flights have not been banned when the USA attacked other countries either. And they were attacking countries far from their home land, somewhere whey they should not be at all. Russia, on the other hand, is protecting their immediate neighbourhood and regions that they had in their possession historically, too. I do not remember USA having any interests in Libya or other countries apart from the oil and greed. AND let's not forget that even the land they call home now was stolen from the "Indians".

 

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quote "Russia, on the other hand, is protecting their immediate neighbourhood and regions that they had in their possession historically, too."

 

Rubbish.

 

You need to do some serious research before a comment like that.

 

There is so much history that you have completely ignored.

 

The Ukraine for example was free from Russian influence from 1991 until Putin ordered an invasion of neutral and independent Ukraine under the pretense of de-Nazification.

 

Certainly before WW2 Poland and most of the Baltic states were independent countries but many were annexed by Russia just after WW2. The Ukraine and what was East Germany were annexed by Russia just after WW2. 

 

If you want to go further back in history then Mongolia can claim most of Russia and eastern europe.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Russia

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ukraine

 

By the end of World War II the Soviet Union had annexed:

USSR Republics numbered by alphabet 1 Armenia, 2 Azerbaijan, 3 Belarus, 4 Estonia, 5 Georgia, 6 Kazakhstan, 7 Kyrgyzstan, 8 Latvia, 9 Lithuania, 10 Moldova, 11 Russia, 12 Tajikistan, 13 Turkmenistan, 14 Ukraine, 15 Uzbekistan
Western Belarus and Western Ukraine from the Second Polish Republic (see Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union), annexed in September–October 1939
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, occupied in August 1940
Bessarabia (Moldova), Hertsa, and part of Bukovina, occupied from Romania after an ultimatum in 1940
Karelia, occupied in 1941, Pechengsky Raion (Petsamo), in 1944, and parts of Salla, ceded in 1945 from Finland, and a 50-year lease on the naval base at Porkkala
Carpathian Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia and occupied in 1944
Tuva (independent 1921–1944; previously governed by Mongolia and by the Manchu Empire)
East Prussia (now Kaliningrad Oblast) from Germany, in 1945
The Klaipėda Region, annexed to Lithuania in 1945
The Kuril Islands and southern Sakhalin from Japan, occupied in 1945

[Hamus Yaigh]

1 hour ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

The airline’s Moscow-Phuket service was suspended in March following the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which triggered European Union sanctions against Russia, including aviation sanctions.

 

40 minutes ago, falang07 said:

Nothing has changed

If nothing has changed, which I agree - nothing has changed the Russians are still invading another country, why isn't the news article quote above still in place and sanctions still in place?

[stevenl]

39 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

 

If nothing has changed, which I agree - nothing has changed the Russians are still invading another country, why isn't the news article quote above still in place and sanctions still in place?

Same sanctions are still in place, Thailand just never followed those sanctions.

[Hamus Yaigh]

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

Same sanctions are still in place, Thailand just never followed those sanctions.

But the op says "The airline’s Moscow-Phuket service was suspended in March following the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which triggered European Union sanctions against Russia, including aviation sanctions. " so Thailand must have followed the sanctions until now?

[Bkk Brian]

16 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

But the op says "The airline’s Moscow-Phuket service was suspended in March following the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which triggered European Union sanctions against Russia, including aviation sanctions. " so Thailand must have followed the sanctions until now?

No Thailand never had sanctions in place it was a voluntary decision by Aeroflot to stop direct flights to Phuket due to the war, parts and money, but they've had a huge loan recently. They restarted flying to New Delhi and Male, in the Maldives a couple of months ago and plan also going again to the Seychelles.

 

Flying to Phuket there is no need to fly over any countries with restrictions.

Edited August 4, 2022 by Bkk Brian

[internationalism]

it's some 5 days "news".

there was no point flying for them to phuket after the season has ended. There were still serious covid restrictions, which started to be liberalised only from May.

They are still flying to BKK.

Looks, like a large part of their traffic were european passengers transiting through moscow. Once all connections to europe were cancelled, they couldn't sustain phuket route. Connection to BKK has commercial value, cargo both ways

[JayBird]

12 hours ago, falang07 said:

Nothing has changed, the US flights have not been banned when the USA attacked other countries either. And they were attacking countries far from their home land, somewhere whey they should not be at all. Russia, on the other hand, is protecting their immediate neighbourhood and regions that they had in their possession historically, too. I do not remember USA having any interests in Libya or other countries apart from the oil and greed. AND let's not forget that even the land they call home now was stolen from the "Indians".

 

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The word you are looking for to describe Russia's action is:  Genocide

[JayBird]

If Russians can fly to Thailand, then they can connect and fly anywhere.

 

I wonder how the West will view Thailand for enabling this.

[Rampant Rabbit]

13 hours ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

The war is still happening so what's changed?

Simples 

 

[Marknreston]

Sanctions include embargo’s of approved parts for western built aircraft. Given the fact that Aeroflot is flying Boeing and Airbus airplanes I would not be anxious to fly with them.  And it should be of concern to Thailand that potential unsafe aircraft are operating in their airspace. 

[DrDave]

9 minutes ago, Marknreston said:

Sanctions include embargo’s of approved parts for western built aircraft. Given the fact that Aeroflot is flying Boeing and Airbus airplanes I would not be anxious to fly with them.  And it should be of concern to Thailand that potential unsafe aircraft are operating in their airspace. 

No worries. Those Russian flights returning from Thailand and India will probably be carrying lots of Boeing and Airbus spare parts.

[sammieuk1]

Money trumps principals in this outrageously stupid move ????

[stevenl]

1 hour ago, JayBird said:

If Russians can fly to Thailand, then they can connect and fly anywhere.

 

I wonder how the West will view Thailand for enabling this.

They can fly anywhere anyway, eg via the middle east.

[stevenl]

17 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Money trumps principals in this outrageously stupid move ????

As mentioned, Thailand never imposed sanctions. The only one who made a move here is Aeroflot.

[internationalism]

2 hours ago, JayBird said:

If Russians can fly to Thailand, then they can connect and fly anywhere.

 

I wonder how the West will view Thailand for enabling this.

They fly bkk all the time, it' just phuket they abandoned at the end of season. It's a tourist destination, and small airport. They can fly anywhere bar the EU, USA. 
as to russian citizens, they can cross to helsinki, belorus, baltic states, and the states in the south and fly to anywhere in europe. Turkish airlines serve some 7 cities in russia. Also russians can fly anywhere through the middle east. 
I think this figure 76k who entered thailand is wrong, understated. In january-february russian citizens were at the top of arrivals to thailand, as they well knew they are escaping war. Later they dropped from the top 10 statistic. Pre-covid they were coming up to 2mln per year. Many on winter holidays chartered flights from travel agencies, mostly phuket, but also utapao. 
Aeroflot was flying to bkk daily, 2 arrivals, at morning and at noon. 

Edited August 5, 2022 by internationalism

[Scott]

Off-topic post reported and removed. 

 

[sawadee1947]

16 hours ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

The war is still happening so what's changed?

What changed? Nothing at all. Greed as every day. Business as usual.????

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

The war is still happening so what's changed?

Time?

[Hamus Yaigh]

14 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

No Thailand never had sanctions in place it was a voluntary decision by Aeroflot to stop direct flights to Phuket due to the war, parts and money, but they've had a huge loan recently. They restarted flying to New Delhi and Male, in the Maldives a couple of months ago and plan also going again to the Seychelles.

 

Flying to Phuket there is no need to fly over any countries with restrictions.

Agreed, and this was my point. The o/p doesn't state any of this. It does state however:

 

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

... because Russian tourists would prefer to visit warmer countries such as Thailand.

Preferable to getting drafted into a genocidal war.

[rudi49jr]

How long they can keep their airplanes in a good enough condition to be able to fly safely is a different matter altogether, what with the sanctions and Aeroflot not getting spare parts for their planes anymore. 

Edited August 5, 2022 by rudi49jr

[billd766]

3 hours ago, DrDave said:

No worries. Those Russian flights returning from Thailand and India will probably be carrying lots of Boeing and Airbus spare parts.

More likely to be copy or fake parts IMO.

[Burma Bill]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

other Russian airlines are likely to restart flight services to Thailand

Stock up the 7-11's!!!!

[The Hammer2021]

17 hours ago, falang07 said:

Nothing has changed, the US flights have not been banned when the USA attacked other countries either. And they were attacking countries far from their home land, somewhere whey they should not be at all. Russia, on the other hand, is protecting their immediate neighbourhood and regions that they had in their possession historically, too. I do not remember USA having any interests in Libya or other countries apart from the oil and greed. AND let's not forget that even the land they call home now was stolen from the "Indians".

 

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This is not a true  statement- it's pro Russian  anti American  propaganda  of a peurile, simplistic nature.

[PETERTHEEATER]

The Russians are rushing to rush in?

[Excel]

1 minute ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

The Russians are rushing to rush in?

Well with the appreciation of the Ruble against the THB , thanks to Western sanctions ensuring high oil prices, then the Russians no doubt will take advantage of that for their travels.  Of course Thailand sports shops should plan ahead and ensure that they have sufficient stock of undersized Speedos for these visitors. 

[Bkk Brian]

5 minutes ago, Excel said:

Well with the appreciation of the Ruble against the THB , thanks to Western sanctions ensuring high oil prices, then the Russians no doubt will take advantage of that for their travels.  Of course Thailand sports shops should plan ahead and ensure that they have sufficient stock of undersized Speedos for these visitors. 

Although not sure how the Ruzzians are feeling about oil prices now, its dipped again and at the same price or lower than before the war, so hopefully not too many of those speedos will be needed.

[madmitch]

The newspaper we can't quote had a quote that this daily flight to Phuket would be the precursor to other flights from Russia and we could expect a million Russians in Thailand by the end of the year.

 

I don't think they're very good at maths!