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Thai AirAsia X Wing Its Way Towards Shanghai
7th Oct 2015
Budget airline Thai AirAsia X (TAAX) took off from Don Mueang Airport and conducted its maiden flight to Shanghai on last week. This marked the first of its regular flights to and from the municipality touted as China's largest city in terms of population. Shanghai is also the country's premier financial centre.
The Don Mueang-Shanghai inaugural flight is TAAX' newest destination since May this year. It took the airline about five months to introduce a new destination after its Sapporo flight route was curtailed after merely three months of operation.
In August, Japan expressed dismay after an ICAO audit report came out about Thailand's aviation standards. Japan was constrained to curtail TAAX' new flight services into the country and those of other Thai-registered flights in the meantime that ICAO issues remain unresolved.
The recent introduction of the Don Mueang-Shanghai flight reflects the airline's programme to temporarily put off destinations to Japan and gravitate instead towards China and its key cities.
TAAX CEO, Nadda Buranasiri said that the Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan is resolute when it comes to implementing ICAO audits and standards.
He added that as of the moment, the bureau appears disinclined to open doors as regards new flights conducted by Thai-registered air carriers.
However, TAAX remains hopeful that in time, Japan will give a green light and if it does, the airline will pursue flights to Sapporo and eventually, other cities in Japan.
This is in line with TAAX plans to further strengthen market presence in Northern Asia, particularly China, Japan, and South Korea.
China, on the contrary, is allowing TAAX to conduct Don Mueang-Shanghai flights despite issues on Thailand's aviation standards.
South Korea, on the other hand, appears to have relaxed its earlier restriction on new Thai-registered flights into the country. It gave TAAX the go signal to fly the Bangkok-Incheon route starting October 25, 2015.
The Don Mueang-Shanghai maiden flight commenced on Wednesday, a little after the midnight hour. TAAX used its 377-seater Airbus 330.
This particular flight was reportedly announced at a much later date in Thailand although in China, it has been campaigned for since August this year.
This is largely the reason why a vast majority of the flight passengers were made up of Chinese nationals.
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