In the autumn and winter season, Thailand will not receive tourists from Europe, on whom it was very much counted: the flagship carrier of the UK – British Airways does not plan to return to Bangkok, at least until next year, although it had previously hoped to return in November. An interesting detail – the representatives of the airline blamed even too economical tourists for the cancellation of flights.
British Airways planned to resume flights in November this year. Tour operators had hoped that the UK’s flagship carrier would once again add regular flights between Heathrow and Bangkok before Thailand’s high season. But this did not happen – the British national carrier did not undertake to resume flights between Heathrow and Suvarnabhumi.
The carrier’s explanation is interesting – representatives of British Airways said that Bangkok and Thailand “are not at the top of BA’s list for recovery as it is mainly low-income tourist traffic”.
That is, the majority of passengers are tourists who chase the lowest fares and spend the least amount of space on the plane. In addition, the carrier complained of “fierce price competition from Middle Eastern carriers – Qatar, Emirates and Etihad”, which already fly either daily or with several fleets per week.
These are not the only flights to the UK that Thailand will lose. Budget airline Scoot, which began operating Gatwick-Bangkok-Singapore flights in March, will suspend flights in August. However, Singapore’s budget airline says it plans to return to regular UK-Thailand flights at the end of October. But this return has not been officially confirmed.
As a result, only Thai Airways and Taiwan’s EVA Air operate direct flights between Thailand and the UK.