AirAsia is expected to ply the Bangkok-Johor Baharu route beginning Feb 25 with four flights a week.
The once-daily flight will be on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.An airline official said Bangkok will be the first destination in Thailand from Johor Baharu, targeting Johoreans, Singaporeans and also those flying into the city from Sabah and Sarawak.
Besides Bangkok, AirAsia will also fly to Medan and Surabaya from Johor Baharu soon, he said.Currently, AirAsia and its Thai subsidiary, Thai AirAsia, operate seven flights daily from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok, as well as serving Krabi, Phuket and Chiang Mai, on top of the Penang-Bangkok route.
The Bangkok-Langkawi and Bangkok-Kota Kinabalu services were discontinued last year due to low passenger load.It's learnt that Thai AirAsia was not keen to operate the Johor Baharu-Bangkok route as it wanted to concentrate on strengthening its existing destinations while looking into the possibility of entering the Bangkok-Jakarta route and expanding its China base.
The once-daily flight will be on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.An airline official said Bangkok will be the first destination in Thailand from Johor Baharu, targeting Johoreans, Singaporeans and also those flying into the city from Sabah and Sarawak.
Besides Bangkok, AirAsia will also fly to Medan and Surabaya from Johor Baharu soon, he said.Currently, AirAsia and its Thai subsidiary, Thai AirAsia, operate seven flights daily from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok, as well as serving Krabi, Phuket and Chiang Mai, on top of the Penang-Bangkok route.
The Bangkok-Langkawi and Bangkok-Kota Kinabalu services were discontinued last year due to low passenger load.It's learnt that Thai AirAsia was not keen to operate the Johor Baharu-Bangkok route as it wanted to concentrate on strengthening its existing destinations while looking into the possibility of entering the Bangkok-Jakarta route and expanding its China base.
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