27th Feb 2017
Thai Lion Air (TLA) and Amadeus have penned a new content agreement and are now offering the low-cost carrier’s customers a new way to fly to the Thai capital and to popular destinations around the country. According to the agreement Thai Lion Air and Amadeus signed, TLA travellers will now be able to grab seats on any of the 17 destination that the carrier operates via the global Amadeus’ network of travel agents.
Speaking after signing the agreement, Darsito Hendroseputro, Managing Director at Thai Lion Air said:
There's a growing demand for more affordable ways to fly to and within Thailand and Thai Lion Air is answering the call. We take a lot of pride in offering quality services at low fares to travellers looking to fly into Bangkok and from Bangkok to various destinations around Thailand. The domestic market is well aware of these options but the international market less so, and this is why our agreement with Amadeus is significant. Their ability to connect us with an unrivalled network of travel agents will put us in a strong position to effectively target the international market.
Hazem Hussein, Executive Vice President for Asia, Turkey and Eastern Europe at Airline Group, Amadeus added:
We are very pleased to add another airline from the Lion Air Group to our distribution family. Thai Lion Air joins more than 480 airlines that sell their content through our travel agency network. We are proud that they have chosen to partner with us and we look forward to supporting their growth and expansion.
Thai Lion Air is a subsidiary of Indonesian Lion Air Group and operates from Don Muang International Airport in Bangkok. Until recently, it was mostly based domestically, but in 2016 TLA started an international expansion by adding Ho Chi Minh City, Guangzhou and Yangon to its schedule.
TLA is the second airline under Lion Air Group to offer its content via Amadeus as Malindo Air already has an outstanding relationship with it for some time.
At the moment, over Thailand gets visited by more than 30 million foreign tourists every year.