Thai Smile takes off with Bird
The airline is the first to connect Bangkok with Gaya and Varanasi from Oct 1, Jaipur from Nov 15 and Lucknow from Dec 1, with three flights per week.
Thai Smile Airway has appointed The Bird Group as its General Sales Agent (GSA) for the Indian market. The organisation will handle the airline’s sales development, bookings, and ticketing services within India as well as conduct direct marketing and service support to Indian travel agents.
Gaurav Bhatia, Executive Director, Bird Travels, stated, “The Bird Group is very pleased and excited to be associated with Thai Smile Airways as their GSA in India. We are also honoured to have been selected by an ambitious, reliable and dynamic carrier like Thai Smile to consolidate its brand in the Indian market and to increase sales through targeted, effective, and proactive actions.”
Thai Smile Airways has started online operations to Gaya and Varanasi from October 1 and would be starting online operations to Jaipur from November 15 and Lucknow from December 1 with three flights per week. The flight will operate with A320 aircraft which will offer a Premium Economy Class (12 seats) and Economy Class (154 seats) and host of features for passengers.
Isra Stapanaseth, Director of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) at New Delhi Office said, "Thai Smile makes it more convenient and effective in terms of tourism; segments like weddings, corporates, family, luxury travellers and commercial trades will be benefited. With this direct connectivity, we are very positive that it will boost the tourism from these cities to Thailand in the near future."
Furthermore, Captain Woranate Laprabang, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Thai Smile Airways, added, “We consider these connecting flights as one of our strategic destinations in Indian region. Thai Smile Airways is undertaking an ambitious growth programme to develop network and ensure international connectivity.”