Thai Smile’s determination to discontinue flights from Suvarnabhumi International Airport to Surat Thani Airport, beginning October 1, has led provincial governor, Witchawut Jinto, to attraction for a reversal. Little-known submitted a formal letter to Thai Smile, an affiliate of Thai Airways, requesting the continuation of the Suvarnabhumi-Surat Thani route.
The governor expressed public discontent over Thai Smile’s plans, that are set to take effect on the first day of the high season.
“It’s disheartening that Thai Smile will cease flights between Suvarnabhumi and Surat Thani as it’s a very fashionable route.” He went on to focus on the route’s recognition amongst tourists visiting the neighbouring provinces.
Jinto revealed that the airport catered to 695,682 passengers in the first half of the year, with last month alone seeing 114,404 passengers throughout 754 flights. The governor voiced considerations that Thai Smile’s withdrawal might end in a scarcity of flights to accommodate the high season’s passenger load.
“We need Thai Smile to rethink its coverage and hold the service to Surat Thani.”
In 2009, the airline had beforehand attempted to suspend the service. However, opposition from native companies and individuals forced the corporate to desert the proposal.
Currently, different airways like Thai VietJet function from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Surat Thani. Meanwhile, AirAsia, Nok Air, and Thai Lion Air provide flights from Don Mueang International Airport.
Last month a Thai Smile Airways flight needed to make an emergency stop as it taxied down the runway after a foreign passenger demanded the airplane returned to the terminal gate so he might decide up his left behind valuables at Chiang Mai International Airport.
A Thai TikTok consumer, bandzlam, shared a video of the incident when a foreign man urged a flight attendant to stop the aircraft because he forgot his belongings. The video recorder also panned to her left aspect displaying that the plane was shifting on the runway whereas the foreigner requested it to cease. Read extra about what happened HERE.
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