Bangkok Airways revealed plans to launch a direct route between Koh Samui in Thailand and Hong Kong, aiming to “generate more revenue from foreign customers.”
President of Bangkok Airways Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth revealed that a nonstop Koh Samui – Hong Kong flight is within the works and will launch sometime this yr.
The airline has additionally entered discussions to lease extra plane, however “things have changed” for the explanation that pandemic, presenting challenges to the aviation trade, stated the president.
The president said that every airline is making an attempt to recover and increase flights. However, the difficulty is there aren’t sufficient personnel. Also, disused plane should be repaired but the manufacturing of recent aeroplane parts is sluggish and repairs take a very lengthy time, said Puttipong.
Last year, Bangkok Airways’ passengers increased by 2.65 million and flights elevated by 244% in comparison with 2021, which is actually positive, the president added.
Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting at Bangkok Airways, Anawat Leelawatwattana, said the airline’s whole revenue was 12.7 billion baht last year and working losses totted up to 889.3 million baht.
Another Bangkok Airways government, Komkrit Ngamwongwirot, stated the airline plans to extend revenue by specializing in attracting overseas customers, which began returning to the airline in high numbers once more in the second half of 2022.
He estimates that overseas customers will make up 60% of all passengers on Bangkok Airways flights this year.
Key will speed up sales by providing promotions throughout holidays corresponding to Songkran and Loi Krathong. The website will also be getting a makeover, added Komkrit.
The airline plans on collaborating with bloggers from all around the world to promote Bangkok Airways’ companies and Thailand’s attention-grabbing tourist destinations, stated Komkrit.
The airline’s general objective for 2023 is to complete 48,000 flights, generate 15 billion baht in income and promote tickets for a mean price of 3,400 baht..