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7th Aerobics Marathon for AIDS charities
Praphan
(center) cut the ribbon to mark the opening ceremony and looking on from
left are Yaowamarn Supawat, Nichaya Chaivisuth, the hotel’s director of
public relations, Daojai Paijai, Pierre Andre Pelletier, the hotel’s
general manager, Watanyoo Mungmai and Cholticha Boonruengkwan.
Prof. Praphan Phanuphak, MD, director of the Thai Red
Cross AIDS Research Center recently presided over the opening ceremony of
the “7th Amari Aerobics for AIDS Charities” organized by Amari Watergate
Hotel to raise funds for “Save A Child’s Life from AIDS” project under
the Royal Patronage of H.R.H. Princess Somsawali at Watergate Ballroom,
Amari Watergate Hotel.
Air India launches non-stop flights from Bangkok to Shanghai
Effective December 11, Air India will launch their new
destination flights direct non-stop from Bangkok to Shanghai on their A310
aircraft.
“This new route will open a whole new market and
enhance business traffic between India, Thailand and China. It is a great
milestone for us as Air India is in our 50th year of operations in Bangkok,
making us one of the oldest carriers operating in Thailand,” said Alka
Jayaka, Air India country manager.
The route will fly direct from Bangkok to Shanghai return
before flying on to Mumbai and Delhi and back again.
Fair prices and convenient timings are planned to provide
the best opportunity for travelers. Flight schedules are: Thursdays:
Mumbai-Dehli-Bangkok- Shanghai, leaving Bangkok at 2.15 p.m. with return
flight from Shanghai at 9.55 p.m. to Bangkok before flying to Mumbai and
Delhi arriving 8.15 a.m local time on Friday Morning.
Sunday flights are Mumbai -Dehli-Bangkok-Shanghai with
the Bangkok link leaving at 7.40 a.m. and arriving in Shanghai 2.10 p.m.
local time. The return flight from Shanghai leaves 3.20 p.m. local time and
arrive in Bangkok at 8 p.m. before continuing on to Dehli and Mumbai
arriving at the final destination at 1.40 a.m. Monday morning.
Air India also flies twice weekly to Tokyo, Delhi and
Mumbai on 747 aircraft and thrice weekly non-stop from Bangkok to Mumbai and
Delhi return, also code sharing with Thai Airways.
Air-India commenced operations to Bangkok on August 14,
1954 and currently operates five flights between Bangkok and Mumbai - three
via Delhi and two via Kolkata of which one is through Guwahati; and three
between Bangkok - Tokyo. Additionally, Air-India operates three code-share
flights with Thai Airways on sector Bangkok-Mumbai -Bangkok on
Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday.
In related news, the Associated Press reported
that Air India will buy a total of 28 new planes from both Airbus Industrie
and Boeing Co. over the next five years in a purchase worth US$2.1 billion,
news reports said Sunday, November 9. The airline will buy 10 long-range
A-340 jets from European consortium Airbus and 18 short-range 737-800s from
its American rival Boeing, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
The purchase was approved at a meeting of the airline’s
board, airline spokesman Jitendra Bhargava was quoted as saying by The Asian
Age newspaper. The airline currently has a fleet of 33 planes.
Air-India’s Bangkok office is situated at: 12th
floor-One Pacific Place Building, 140 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok 10110. For
more information telephone 02-2543280-2 or Fax: 02-2543283.
Singapore eyes Thailand
as MICE tourism partner
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has called on the
Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to act as a partner in its promotion of
meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions (MICE) in the tourism
market.
Gerard Lee, director of the STB’s Planning Division,
said, “This year Singapore is launching a campaign entitled ‘Make it
Singapore’ to ensure Singapore’s continuing prominence for the MICE
market.”
Noting the wealth of tourist destinations in Thailand, he
said that the STB also wanted to go into partnership with the TAT to engage
in joint marketing campaigns, and promote tourism between the two nations.
(TNA)
Trang launches new Andaman tourist port
The southern province of Trang recently opened a new
tourist port to boost tourist arrivals and create a cruise shipping network
in the Andaman Sea.
Speaking after presiding over the official opening of the
Baan Tase port in Hat Samran sub-district, Kij Leekpai, president of the
Trang Provincial Administrative Organization, said that the port had been
constructed using 15 million baht in funding from the government’s 2002
economic stimulus program.
The port will also serve as a tourist route linking Trang
with Malaysia’s Langawi Island, thus facilitating travel between the two
countries. (TNA)
Finnair extends winter timetable
Finnair’s winter timetable for the period from
October 26, 2003 until March 27, 2004 has been published, in advance of the
start of the winter season. Miami returns to Finnair’s winter scheduled
route network after a three-year absence, and Asia is served by 20 weekly
scheduled flights over the winter period. Direct flights from Europe to
Lapland are also more extensive than before.
Finnair flies to Miami twice a week, on Thursdays and
Saturdays as of October 23 until the end of the winter season.
Miami also provides onward connections to South and
Central America. Convenient flight connections to the Caribbean are
available on flights operated by Finnair’s OneWorld alliance partner,
American Airlines. Finnair’s domestic network also connects well with the
Miami departures from Helsinki.
The new route service to Shanghai in September means that
flights to mainland China now operate 11 times a week. Flights to Shanghai
operate three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays through the
winter. Beijing is served five times a week and there is a thrice-weekly
frequency for flights to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Osaka, Bangkok and Singapore.
Qantas changes terminal in Paris
Qantas announced that its Paris flights
via Singapore would operate to and from a different terminal at Charles De
Gaulle Airport from Tuesday, effective 28 October.
Qantas Group General Manager Sales, Rob Gurney, said the
change - from Terminal One to Terminal 2A - will provide a much improved
airport experience. Qantas Club members will be able to use the American
Airlines Admirals Club which boasts extensive lounge and bar seating, nine
work stations and other business facilities.
Gurney said the move to Terminal 2A would result in later
departure times for the airline’s three weekly services out of Paris to
Singapore. “The full array of onward connections to Australia remains
unaffected,” he said.
Bangkok gets new tourism website
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
(BMA) has just launched a trilingual website to offer travel information to
tourists. Suohot Jeeraphan, director of the BMA’s tourism division, said
that the website, www.bangkoktourist.com, would offer data in English, Thai
and Chinese, with information on tourism destinations, accommodation, travel
within Bangkok, exchange rates, contacts for foreign embassies, airport tax,
airlines and other essential tourism information.
The website will also included maps of Bangkok and allow
visitors to the website to ask each other questions relating to Bangkok
tourism. (TNA)
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