{"id":40771,"date":"2015-11-05T11:45:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T11:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=40771"},"modified":"2015-11-05T11:45:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T11:45:07","slug":"spicejet-to-boost-air-connectivity-to-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/spicejet-to-boost-air-connectivity-to-bangkok\/","title":{"rendered":"SpiceJet to boost air connectivity to Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Budget carrier SpiceJet has said it will enhance air connectivity to Thai capital Bangkok with a new direct flight from Chennai next month. <\/p>\n<p>The airline already operates a daily non-stop service to Bangkok from Kolkata, which it had started last year. <\/p>\n<p>Also, this is the third international flight announced by the Gurgaon-based no frills airline in the last one month. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It gives us immense pleasure to announce our second international flight to Bangkok. Our first Bangkok flight started from Kolkata last year and had an excellent market response,&#8221; SpiceJet&#8217;s Senior VP and Head of Sales and Distribution Shilpa Bhatia said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We strongly believe that there is tremendous potential in the southern markets too and this flight will help us to connect passengers from rest of India to Bangkok via Chennai,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p>The new six times-a-week service on the route will commence from December 10 with a Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft, the airline said. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier, last month SpiceJet announced the launch of two direct flights to Dubai &#8211; one each from Amritsar and Kozhikode- from 15 of this month. <\/p>\n<p>The Gurgaon-based budget carrier operates 291 daily flights to 40 destinations, including 34 domestic and six international. <\/p>\n<p>The airline already operates a daily non-stop service to Bangkok from Kolkata, which it had started last year.<\/p>\n<p>Also, this is the third international flight announced by the Gurgaon-based no frills airline in the last one month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It gives us immense pleasure to announce our second international flight to Bangkok. Our first Bangkok flight started from Kolkata last year and had an excellent market response,&#8221; SpiceJet&#8217;s Senior VP and Head of Sales and Distribution Shilpa Bhatia said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We strongly believe that there is tremendous potential in the southern markets too and this flight will help us to connect passengers from rest of India to Bangkok via Chennai,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The new six times-a-week service on the route will commence from December 10 with a Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft, the airline said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, last month SpiceJet announced the launch of two direct flights to Dubai &#8211; one each from Amritsar and Kozhikode &#8211; from 15 of this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Gurgaon-based budget carrier operates 291 daily flights to 40 destinations, including 34 domestic and six international. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Budget carrier SpiceJet has said it will enhance air connectivity to Thai capital Bangkok with a new direct flight from Chennai next month. The airline already operates a daily non-stop service to Bangkok from Kolkata, which it had started last year. Also, this is the third international flight announced by the Gurgaon-based no frills airline in the last one month. &#8220;It gives us immense pleasure to announce our second international flight to Bangkok. Our first Bangkok flight started from Kolkata last year and had an excellent market response,&#8221; SpiceJet&#8217;s Senior VP and Head of Sales and Distribution Shilpa Bhatia said. 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