Smile flights in China

28 Oct 2013  2039 | Business & Trade Fairs

THAI Smile, the light-premium airline business unit of Thai Airways International, will launch services from Bangkok to Chongqing and Changsha 27 October.
The airline’s commercial senior executive vice president, Chokchai Panyayong, said in a statement Thursday that the new routes to Chongqing and Changsha will support the economies and tourism flows between Thailand and China.
“THAI Smile will launch simultaneous operations on two new direct routes, between Bangkok and Chongqing and between Bangkok and Changsha, with both inaugural flights taking place on the same day this Sunday.”
The airline will operate three roundtrip flights per week from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Chongqing on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
Also, the three roundtrip flights a week will operate from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Changsha on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, with plans to add flights on Monday and Saturday giving the airline five flights a week starting 16 January 2014.
Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China is a major manufacturing centre for cars and the largest centre for motorcycle production.
Chongqing’s tourist attractions include the 1000-year-old-town Ciqikou next to the lower part of the Jialing River. Once an important commercial port during the Ming and Qing Dynasties it is now famous for its UNESCO World Heritage sites of Furong Cave in Wulong Karst National Geology Park.
Changsha is the capital city of Hunan province and is a major tourist centre famous for its museums including the world-famous Mawangdui Tombs of the Han Dynasty and the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area which is part of several national parks such as the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.

Sourced: ttrweekly

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