Suvarnabhumi International Airport

The total traffic for the four days is an increase of 36 per cent over the same period at the end of Eid Al Fitr in 2013, when 133,007 passengers took an Etihad Airways flight.

Despite ongoing political tensions in the country and a consequent fall in passenger numbers during the first half of 2014, the carrier’s management is confident the second half of the year will see an increase of demand as tourists return to Thailand.

During the past couple of days we have been in conversation with many delegates during Routes Silk Road in Tbilisi, Georgia and here are some of the snippets of information we picked up from our discussions.

The Star Alliance member has eight Dreamliners on order, all to be leased from International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). This includes six 787-8s due from this year (four in 2014 and two in 2015) and two of larger 787-9s, which will follow in 2017.

South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines will launch regional passenger operations with the Airbus A380 in the middle of June and will then deploy the aircraft on its scheduled route between Seoul Incheon and Los Angeles from August this year.

Jet Asia Airways plans to take advantage of the growing mobility of Chinese passengers to create a network that can feed traffic from the country across South East Asia via a new hub it plans to develop with partner carriers at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

Thai carrier Bangkok Airways has recently announced plans to further expand its activities in the northern part of the country by offering non-stop

Thai Airways International will inaugurate passenger operations with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner this summer and has tentatively selected the Australian

New Thailand carrier Asia Atlantic Airlines inaugurated scheduled charter flights between Bangkok and Tokyo on August 20, 2013 as it seeks to take

Although the Airbus A380 has now been in passenger service for almost six years there remains a lot of interest in the Super Jumbo. Every month The

Thai Airways International has confirmed an almost year long delay to the introduction of the Airbus A380 on its route between Bangkok and London due

European low-cost carrier Norwegian has revealed it will use its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners on a series of European routes during July and August

United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier Emirates Airline is to further boost its activities in South East Asia, a key market for its flights from Dubai and

Golden Myanmar Airlines is to introduce its first international flights just two months after it launched services in the Southeast Asian sovereign

Southeast Asian carrier Lao Central Airlines will become the second operator of the Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 in the region when it takes delivery of the