Thai Air Asia starts Bhairahawa-Bangkok flight

BHAIRAHAWA, Nov 03: The Thai Air Asia Airlines has launched flights on Bangkok-Bhairahawa-Bangkok route from today. 

A Thai Air Asia Airlines plane landed at Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) at 6.55 am today with seven crew members. 

"The Thai Air Asia Airbus A-320 carrying the crew members has landed here at GBIA as the initial test flight. The Airlines has a schedule to operate two regular flights per week from November 8," said Binod Singh Raut, the Information Officer at GBIA.  

The GBIA officials and staff, security personnel, immigration employees and the local tourism entrepreneurs had received the flight as well as the crew members on the occasion. 

The plane took off for Bangkok from GBIA at 7.40 am. The one-way airfare from Bhairahawa to Bangkok is Rs 12 thousand.