AirAsia to launch Pattaya flights

AirAsia will launch its first ever flights to the Thai resort town of Pattaya this summer.

Commencing on 16 July 2015, the new route will operate four times a week between Kuala Lumpur and Pattaya, using a 180-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. AirAsia will become the first airline to offer this routing.

Flights will operate into U-Tapao Airport, the former military airbase that serves Pattaya. At present U-Tapao mainly handles international charter flights from China and Russia.

Pattaya will become the seventh Thai destination that AirAsia serves directly from KL, following Phuket, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Krabi and Surat Thani.