Direct flight between Budapest and Bangkok: new details emerged!

As Daily News Hungary reported in March, a direct flight between Budapest and the Thai capital Bangkok is on the horizon. Now, new details have emerged about the possible flight.

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Bangkok to be accessible from Budapest

As we wrote earlier, AirAsia, a Malaysian low-cost airline, may launch a new direct flight between Budapest and Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, this autumn: at least that is what Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó said after a visit to the Thai metropolis in March.

Budflyer, a Hungarian Facebook page specialising in aviation news, wrote on 23 May that the final touches are being made behind the scenes as low-cost AirAsia makes its return to Europe, with the launch of a new direct flight from Bangkok to Budapest and Prague under the Thai Air Asia X brand.

This was reported by the Deputy Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) for Europe, Africa, Middle East and the Americas to the Thai news site LINE TODAY.

Flights are currently scheduled to start in November: however, the specific timetable is not yet public.

Photo: FB/Air Asia

According to Budflyer, the last direct flight between Budapest and Bangkok was operated by Malév. The Hungarian airline flew the route with its Boeing 767 wide-body aircraft until the end of March 2008. Between 1996 and 2001, Malév operated scheduled flights to the Thai capital, and between 2001 and 2005, it operated charter flights.

If Thai AirAsia now finally launches the service, the aircraft will probably fly to Suvarnabhumi Airport, the airport most used by international airlines, the Facebook page concludes.

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