April 11, 2012, 19:30 hrs

Under the emergency circumstance of Tsunami warning in the area of Andaman Ocean, Phuket International Airport as part of an evacuation zone has to temporarily close for safety reason until April 12, 2012 at 8 a.m. (Thailand local time).

Bangkok Airways announced cancellation of all flights in and out of Phuket on April 11, 2012. There are totally 7 flights that have been cancelled as follows.

Bangkok-Phuket 3 flights (PG277, PG279 and PG220)

Phuket-Bangkok 2 flights (PG278, and PG280)

Samui-Phuket 1 flight (PG257)

Phuket-Samui 1 flight (PG258)

Passengers booked in these flights or has their travel itinerary to Phuket or Krabi during 11 - 12 April 2012, may contact Bangkok Airways Ticketing Office to re-book new flight with no additional charge.

For more update information, please call 1771 or +66 (02) 270 6699 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +66 (02) 270 6699 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

This was for yesterday's emergency. All services now resumed.

April 12, 2012, 9:00 hrs

Bangkok Airways flights operates normally to/from Phuket today. There will be 26 flights in total and expect to clear all stranded passengers within today by special flights.

Flights information in/out of Phuket:

- Bangkok-Phuket 9 flights (PG1283, PG271, PG275, PG1285, PG924, PG277, PG273, PG279 and PG220)

- Phuket-Bangkok 8 flights (PG270, PG272, PG1286, PG276, PG907, PG278, PG274 and PG280)

- Samui-Phuket 3 flights (PG259, PG255 and PG257)

- Phuket-Samui 3 flights (PG260, PG256 and PG258)

- U-Tapao -Phuket 1 flight (PG281)

- Phuket- U-Tapao 2 flights (PG252 and PG282)

Passengers, who have their travel itinerary to Phuket or Krabi during 11 – 12 April 2012, may contact Bangkok Airways Ticketing Office to re-book new flight with no additional charge. For more update information, please call 1771