http://www.ttrweekly...ntiane-service/

BANGKOK, 6 September 2012: Bangkok Airways announced, Tuesday, it will start flying to Vientiane, the capital city of Laos effective 1 December.

The carrier has been operating a daily flight to the UNESCO World Heritage town of Luang Prabang since 2001. It also started a flight to Pakse during 2007 and halted it due to poor traffic.

The new service will depart Bangkok at 0815 and arrive in Vientiane at 0930. The return flight will depart at 1010 and arrive in Bangkok at 1125.

Reservations are now available with the lowest fare under its Web Saver category priced at Bt7,615 all inclusive and its business Blue Ribbon Class fare priced at Bt19,825.

Three carriers are now operating flights to the capital city, Vientiane — Thai Airways International, Lao Airlines (double daily each) and the new Lao private carrier, Lao Central Airlines (daily).

Great to have more options, but the fare is way more expensive than flying to Udon Thani and taking the van to the border. I like Bangkok Airways but their price structure is expensive for leisure, price-sensitive travelers.

That's what the article said. No real budget carries on this route yet.

Note that 7,615 baht is all in for a round-trip. Not sure which equipment? A319 or A320?

Departing

Web Saver

Flight: PG943

Depart: Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi), Thailand (BKK)

Wed 19 Dec/08:15

Arrive: Vientiane, Laos (VTE)

Wed 19 Dec/09:30

Arriving

Web Saver

Flight: PG944

Depart: Vientiane, Laos (VTE)

Wed 26 Dec/10:10

Arrive: Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi), Thailand (BKK)

Wed 26 Dec/11:25

Passengers:

1

Price Summary:

4650 THB Fare view

2965 THB Taxes view

Discount

TOTAL: 7615 THB

Actually not a bad price when you consider the very lengthy journey this is by bus....or longer by train.