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AirAsia today (17 June) resumed flights between
Kuala Lumpur and Pattaya, Thailand.
The airline is operating the route with thrice
weekly flights every Monday, Friday and Sunday.
Flight AK840 is timed to depart from Kuala Lumpur
Airport (KUL) at 11:00 and arrive at U-Tapao Rayong / Pattaya
Airport (UTP) at 12:05.
From Pattaya, flight AK841 is slated to leave at
12:30, arriving at KUL at 15:30.
AirAsia Malaysia A320. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com
The reinstatement of the Pattaya route marks the
airline’s ninth direct service to Thailand from Kuala Lumpur,
Johor Bahru and Penang to Bangkok (Don Mueang Airport / DMK),
Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport / BKK), Krabi (KBV), Chiang Mai
(CNX), Phuket (HKT) and Hat Yai (HDY).
As the eighth largest city in Thailand, Pattaya
has long been a highly sought after tourism destination for both
domestic and international travellers and in 2019 AirAsia flew
over 60,000 travellers between Kuala Lumpur and Pattaya Airport.
“We are pleased to resume services to the East
Coast of the Gulf of Thailand, providing the only direct
connectivity from Kuala Lumpur to the city,” said Bo Lingam, Group
CEO of AirAsia Aviation Group. “This addition to our vast network
in Thailand underscores our continued commitment to making travel
more accessible to second tier cities such as Pattaya. With
approximately 2.7 million guests flying from Malaysia to Thailand
throughout 2023, we firmly believe that the return of this popular
route will boost the number of travellers to and from Thailand
this year.”
Pattaya to Host Miss International Queen 2024 in
August
In August, Pattaya will host the Miss
International Queen 2024 Grand Finals.
First established in 2004, the event will this
year have 23 contestants from all around the world, including Eva Mendez Foster who will
represent Malaysia.
To learn more about the
event, Steven Howard of Travel News Asia interviewed Khun Alisa
Phanthusak, MD of Tiffany’s Show Pattaya, on 12 June.
The interview is
available below in video and audio podcast formats.
Miss International Queen 2024 (MIQ 2024)
– Interview with Alisa Phanthusak, MD, Tiffany’s Show Pattaya, Thailand
PODCAST
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