BANGKOK Airways will begin a new direct daily Koh Samui-Kuala Lumpur service from March 31, which will boost connections between the two destinations to 13 flights per week (TTG Asia e-Daily, September 27, 2011).
The carrier will deploy an all-economy 138-seat Airbus A319 aircraft on the route, which will be operated out of Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Existing direct air links between Koh Samui and Kuala Lumpur consist of Firefly’s four-weekly services using a 70-seat ATR72 aircraft and Berjaya Air’s twice-weekly flights using a 48-seat Dash 7 aircraft, both operated out of Subang Airport in Malaysia.
The route expansion is part of Bangkok Airways’ efforts to expand markets for Koh Samui, which has direct links to three other Asian cities – Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong.
