Thai Smile
Thai Smile Airways is a Thai Regional Full-Service Airline. It began operations in 2012 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Thai Airways.
History
On 20 May 2011, the Thai Airways board announced plans to create a new lower-cost airline, at the time dubbed Thai Wings. The creation of the airline was announced by Ampon Kittiampon, the chairman of Thai's board of directors, on 19 August 2011. It is planned to begin operations in July 2012. According to Ampon, THAI Smile is intended to serve the market gap between low-cost carriers and full service airlines. The name THAI Smile was chosen from a pool of 2,229 entries in a contest to name the airline.According to an official at Thai Airways, THAI Smile is planned to begin showing an annual profit of about five million baht within two years of the start of operations.
Destinations
Main article: List of Thai Airways destinationsThe table on this section is to be relocated to List of Thai Airways destinations.
THAI Smile flies to 12 destinations in Thailand and 21 destinations in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, India.
Country/Territory | City/Region | Airport | Notes | Ref |
Chittagong | Shah Amanat International Airport | |||
Phnom Penh | Phnom Penh International Airport | |||
Siem Reap | Siem Reap International Airport | |||
Changsha | Changsha Huanghua International Airport | |||
Chongqing | Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport | |||
Zhengzhou | Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport | |||
Hong Kong | Hong Kong International Airport | |||
Ahmedabad | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport | |||
Delhi | Indira Gandhi International Airport | |||
Gaya | Gaya Airport | |||
Jaipur | Jaipur International Airport | |||
Kolkata | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport | |||
Lucknow | Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport | |||
Mumbai | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | |||
Varanasi | Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport | |||
Luang Prabang | Luang Prabang International Airport | |||
Vientiane | Wattay International Airport | |||
Macao | Macao International Airport | |||
Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | |||
Penang | Penang International Airport | |||
Yangon | Yangon International Airport | |||
Mandalay | Mandalay International Airport | |||
Kaohsiung | Kaohsiung International Airport | |||
Bangkok | Suvarnabhumi Airport | |||
Chiang Mai | Chiang Mai International Airport | |||
Chiang Rai | Chiang Rai International Airport | |||
Hat Yai | Hat Yai International Airport | |||
Khon Kaen | Khon Kaen Airport | |||
Krabi | Krabi International Airport | |||
Nakhon Si Thammarat | Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport | |||
Narathiwat | Narathiwat Airport | |||
Phuket | Phuket International Airport | |||
Surat Thani | Surat Thani International Airport | |||
Ubon Ratchathani | Ubon Ratchathani Airport | |||
Udon Thani | Udon Thani International Airport |
THAI Smile Flight Pass
THAI Smile has a partnership with USA based Optiontown to run a prepaid flight subscription platform called Flight Pass, which enables customers to pre-purchase THAI Smile flights to one or more destinations at the best available price and decide when they want to travel at a later date.