BANGKOK Airways and Garuda Indonesia will enter into a codeshare agreement from December 15, 2014, with the codeshare routes already open for sale.
The new partnership will enable passengers of Garuda Indonesia a smooth transit in the Thai capital to connect to Bangkok Airways’ destinations including Samui, Lampang, Phuket, Udon Thani, Krabi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phnom Penh, Luang Prabang and Dhaka.
Likewise, Bangkok Airways passengers will be able to make reservation on Garuda Indonesia’s network which include Bangkok-Jakarta, Singapore-Jakarta, Jakarta-Denpasar Bali, Jakarta-Yogyakarta, Jakarta-Semarang, Jakarta-Surabaya and Jakarta-Ujung Pandang.
Peter Wiesner, Bangkok Airways’ senior vice president – network management, commented: “The codeshare agreement allows the passengers to benefit from the networks of both airlines to travel between Thailand and Indonesia with ideal connectivity and increase travel flexibility. Besides, codeshare flights via Bangkok and Jakarta will be able to reach domestic and International points of each country.”
Garuda Indonesia executive vice president sales and marketing, Erik Meijer, also commented: “We are pleased to announce this partnership with Bangkok Airways which extends our network even further within South-east Asia. Thailand is an important market for Indonesia and through this partnership we can offer more travel options for the increasing number of passengers travelling between the two countries. At the same time, the agreement is expected to boost trade and tourism activities by making Indonesia much more accessible for Thai visitors.”
