TAT welcomes Condor’s resumption of Thailand flights

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) introduced that Condor, a German leisure airline, has resumed flights to the dominion, with the operation of 4 flights per week from Frankfurt to Bangkok and three flights per week to Phuket.

Thapanee Kiatphaibool, TAT Governor, mentioned:  “The resumption of Condor’s Frankfurt-Bangkok and Frankfurt-Phuket routes is a welcome sign for Thailand. We look forward to welcoming more holidaymakers from Germany to immerse in unique travel experiences in destinations up and down the kingdom.”

TAT marked the resumption of Condor’s Frankfurt-Bangkok flight (DE2362), which landed this late morning, with a conventional Thai welcome ceremony at Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

The inaugural flight (AY155) was welcomed by a delegation of high-ranking tourism and enterprise executives. This included the TAT Governor; Siripakorn Cheawsamoot, TAT Deputy Governor for International Marketing – Europe, the Americas, Middle East, and Africa;. Chiravadee Khunsub, TAT Executive Director for the Americas Region, and Watcharayu Kuawong, Director of TAT Frankfurt Office.

Meanwhile, the inaugural Frankfurt-Phuket flight (DE2368) landed at Phuket International Airport for a particular welcome occasion.

Condor is utilising an Airbus A330neo for the flights to Thailand. The 310-seat plane is configured in three courses: Business (30 seats), Premium Economy (64 seats) and Economy (216 seats).

With the addition of Condor’s flights, airways serving between Germany and Thailand embrace Thai Airways International, with day by day flights on the Bangkok-Frankfurt and Bangkok-Munich routes, and Lufthansa, with a day by day service on the Bangkok-Munich route.

Based on TAT’s information, ahead bookings from the German marketplace for the October – December 2024 interval, as of August 2024, have elevated by 22 per cent compared the identical interval in 2023. Contributing to this beneficial efficiency embrace long-weekend holidays and the upcoming New Year’s 2025 Countdown.

Thailand 12 months recorded about 87 % of the German guests the nation had in 2019 pre-pandemic 12 months, or totalling 729,163 vacationers. The income generated from the market amounted to 43.18 billion Baht, representing a rebound of 83 %.

For 2024, Thailand is anticipated to generate roughly 65 billion Baht in income from about 979,000 German vacationers, each representing a full rebound to pre-pandemic ranges.