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Thai Lion Air Launches New Chiang Mai-Guangzhou in July
19th Jun 2017
Thai Lion Air (TLA) has announced that it will launch a new route into China from northern Thailand. This time, however, the low-cost carrier will not fly out of its main hub at Don Muang International Airport in Bangkok. Instead, the route will connect Chiang Mai with the Chinese province of Guangzhou.
The route will take off on 16th July, using single-aisle Boeing 737 aircraft and TLA will offer four flights per week on it. The carrier has also announced that it will offer a promotional one-way, all-inclusive fare for the new route, starting at 2,395 baht. The fare will allow passengers to bring up to 20kg of baggage, sports equipment up to 15kg and choose a seat.
The airline’s Chief Executive Officer Aswin Yangkirativorn said that TLA had the growing popularity of the North Thailand among tourists from China in mind when it decided to establish a direct route between Chiang Main and Guangzhou. He also said that Chinese travel agents advised the carrier to start a direct service between two cities.
This won’t be the only service to China out of northern Thailand for very long, as Thai Lion Air also plans to establish a direct service from Chiang Rai later in 2017. This service will also include four flights per week.
Chiang Mai-Guangzhou is TLA’s sixth route to China, but first not out of Don Muang. The LCC flies five direct flights from Bangkok to China, including flights to Chongqing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Nanchang and Nanjing.
TLA will have to compete with five other airlines on the Chiang Mai-Guangzhou route – Thai Airways International (THAI), China Airlines, China Eastern, China Southern and Xiamen.
In addition, TLA also has plans to start a service from the Navy-owned U-Tapao Airport in Rayong province to China from the Q4 2017, said TLA CEO. Once the LCC establishes that route, it will go against Thai AirAsia and Malaysia AirAsia, which flies a non-stop direct service from U-Tapao to Kuala Lumpur since July 2015.
TLA recently received two new Boeing 737 planes, bringing its fleet numbers to 26 aircraft.
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