Airlines, Bangkok

This is a very very busy sector with plenty of airlines offering their services.

Full service airlines flying this sector:
Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, SAS Scandinavian, Swiss International Airlines, Finnair, Turkish Airways, Indian Airlines, Garuda Indonesia & Cathay Pacific.

Budget airlines flying this sector:
Tiger Airways, Jetstar Asia & Thai Air Asia.

You are spoilt for choices so take your time and hunt for deals.

Thai airways is a good way to fly to Thailand. Here is the Skytrax-list of the best airlines in 2009:
1. Cathay Pacific
2. Singapore Airlines
3. Asiana Airlines
4. Qatar Airways
5. Emirates
6. Qantas
7. Etihad Airways
8. Air New Zealand
9. Malaysia Airlines
10. Thai Airways

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We booked flights with Air Asia for the first time on our recent holiday - flew from Bangkok to Yangon and Bangkok to Chiang Mai.

The price difference between the other airlines and AA for the flight to Yangon, in particular, was huuuuge - ie. it was less than one third of the fare!

We found this airline to be fine to use - not a lot of legroom, as shown, but we are thankfully, rather short people. The planes seemed to be in fairly good order, staff were efficient and pleasant and the timetable was adhered to quite well. We did not purchase any snacks, but the food we saw others buy looked quite reasonable.

One tip for first time users is that there is no seating allocation on this airline - so its a case of first on the plane gets the best seat etc. If you are being ferried out to the plane by bus, which we were from the new airport, remember that last on the bus is first on the plane!!!

Adult human behaviour can be very interesting to watch whilst travelling - particularly when it comes to stampeding to get somewhere first! We used to laugh - get on the bus last, and, unless we got trampled on the way to the plane, got good seats! And - we all got there in the end.

Another note re this airline is that there IS a 20kgs luggage limit - and it IS applied. We saw plenty of people forking out for excess baggage! This is particularly enforced at the moment, due to fuel prices.

My mom, sister and I decided to go on a packaged tour of Thailand (for mom and Linda's benefit) and China Airlines was the airline we flew in.

The service was excellent as the flight attendants were very attentive and friendly. Our flight was a very long flight taking us from Bangkok to Taipei where we made a connection for our flight to the states which took us to Alaska then NYC.

If you travel with Nok air , keep in mind they do not transfer bags between flights. It can be quite a scramble as you have to claim your bags at arrivals and then clear security again to get back on your next flight. GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME. We flew from Udon Tanni to Phuket via Bangkok..almost missed our flight.

We were happy with Nok Air overall though. We booked before we left Canada...good prices and nice plane.

It’s an easy, and relatively inexpensive flight from Bangkok to Phnom Penh. We didn’t even have tickets into Cambodia when we arrived into Thailand. We researched flights prior to leaving the States and Air Asia seemed to have the most reasonable prices. We tried to book online but had difficulties so we flew to Asia and decided to try our luck at the airport. Our flight landed in Bangkok after the ticket counters had closed for the evening so we waited overnight in the airport for the counter to reopen in the morning. Other people gradually arrived too, so when the first agents arrived at the break of dawn there was already a bit of a line that had formed. But we had no problem getting onto the first flight of the day. A one-way ticket from Bangkok to Phnom Penh cost $112 US. Tickets were listed a little cheaper online so if you are able to book in advance or online you’ll save a little money. We also heard that it’s also cheaper to book through a travel agent versus at the airport, but for a last minute ticket, bought at the airport for a flight that was departing a mere two hours later that’s a pretty good deal.

The other advantage to crossing into Cambodia via air rather than over a land border is the ease of passing through customs. Talking to other travelers we heard horror stories of problems at land border crossings with customs agents. We had no problem at the airports. And the flying was considerably faster than any other mode of transportation into the country.

http://www.airasia.com/site/sg/home.jsp
http://www.tigerairways.com/home/
www.jetstarasia.com/valuair (Merged with jetstarasia)
www.jetstarasia.com

Before you book your ticket, click on these 4 website to see whose rates is the cheapest. Sometimes, some airlines are cheaper than the rest.

Bangkok International Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport, Terminal 2 Malaysia

Book number: RTT4CH
Flight number: FD3552

Departure date: April 16, 2006
Departure time: 14:35

Arrival date: April 16, 2006
Arrival time: 18:25

Airfare: 2-way ticket via Air Asia

Mode of payment : Master card/ Visa card

Fare price : 531.98 Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
Taxes: 177.00 MYR
Total fare: 708.98 MYR (around 190.28 US $ as of March 31, 2006)
(Philippine Peso : around PhP 9,989.66)

Airport Tax : 500 Baht ( around 13.22 US $)

Allowed baggage - 15 kilos
Hand carry - 7 kilos