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NokScoot Increasing Bangkok-Taipei Flights
7th Feb 2017
Thai-registered NokScoot will increase the number of weekly flights it operates between Bangkok and Taipei from the current four flights per week to seven flights per week, making this a daily route. These changes will be effective from 25th March.
The joint venture of Indonesian Scoot and Thailand’s Nok Air previously had plans to introduce the fifth weekly Bangkok-Taipei flight on 18th February.
The medium-to-long-haul airline has decided to make this move as a response to the increase in visitors from Thailand to Taiwan, said Piya Yodmani, Chief Executive Officer at the carrier.
NokScoot is now offering fares from 1,777 baht per flight leg to promote the increased Bangkok-Taipei frequencies. The fares will run between 6th and 8th February, 2017 and will be valid for the travel period between 26th March, 2017 and 28th October, 2017. Fares are also inclusive of airport passenger service charges.
The carrier originally started flying on this route on 25th October last year, with four flights per week.
The main reason for the surge of Thai travellers to Taiwan can be found in the visa waiver programme launched last August. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan, a total of 195,640 Thai tourists visited Taiwan last year, which was almost 60% more than in 2015.
Between September and December, 2016 (the period when the visa waiver programme could best manifest), 85.2% more Thais visited Taiwan year-on-year (Y-o-Y). In the first eight months (January to August), the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan reported around 40% more Thai tourist arrivals into the country.
The Tourism Bureau of Taiwan also believes the country could see up to 30% more visitors from Thailand and the region this year than it did last year.
According to the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA), the visa waiver could lead to around 360,000 visitor arrivals from Thailand to Taiwan in 2017. This would be nearly double what it was in the year prior.
Taiwan’s visa-free treatment for Thai tourists is a part of its government’s effort to build up a stronger relationship with its South Asian neighbors. So far, it seems to be working, judging from the number of Thai visitors, but also by the fact that 1.65 million visitors from South Asia came to Taiwan in 2016, after a surge in the last four months, thanks to the visa waiver policy.
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