It provides full-course meals on board, and lounges for every passengers on the ground, offering snacks and drinks. Of its 18 code-sharing agreements, eight are with one world member airlines. It boarded nearly 5 million passengers in 2014. Its modern fleet of 29 aircraft comprises Airbus A319s and A320s and ATR 72s. It is rated four-stars by Skytrax, the independent industry quality rankings agency. Thailand’s first privately-owned airline and a frequent winner of industry awards, Bangkok Airways describes itself as “Asia’s Boutique Airline”. For those who don’t want to fly all around the world, these include Circle fares for traveling through several continents without actually circumnavigating the globe and Visit passes for each continent and various specific regions.įor full details of Global Explorer and sample itineraries, see or contact any participating airline or your local travel agent. One world offers one of the most extensive ranges of alliance fares. Uniquely, prices are based on the number of continents visited, rather than on the distance flown. This includes travel on the alliance’s existing member airlines and affiliates only. The alliance’s other round-the-world fare is one world Explorer. Global Explorer is one of two round-the-world fares offered by one world. Asia’s Boutique Airline matches well the quality of one world’s member airlines and it adds an attractive network in one of the regions most popular with round-the-world travelers.” One world Vice-President Commercial Stephen Usery said: “We are delighted to extend the reach offered by Global Explorer still further with the addition of Bangkok Airways. Flights carrying the Qantas code but operated by Air Tahiti Nui and Jetstar are also included, further expanding the reach covered by this fare. Global Explorer already covers all routes offered by one world’s member airlines – airberlin, American Airlines along with its merger partner US Airways, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN Airlines, TAM Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, Russia’s S7 and SriLankan Airlines, plus some 30 affiliated carriers, including Austria’s Niki, OpenSkies, South Africa’s Comair, Denmark’s SUN-AIR, Iberia Express, Iberia Regional Air Nostrum, LAN Argentina, LAN Colombia, LAN Ecuador, LAN Peru and QantasLink.īesides all these oneworld member airlines, Global Explorer also covers a number of airlines that are not part of the global alliance - Aer Lingus, Alaska Airlines and its Horizon Airlines sister, Fiji Airways, Meridiana fly, WestJet and now also Bangkok Airways. This means Global Explorer now features some 215 destinations across Asia – and almost 1.150 worldwide. Travellers have up to one year to complete their journey.īangkok Airways serves 11 destinations throughout its Thailand home plus a further 13 destinations in neighbouring countries including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar and Singapore.īesides its attractive network, Bangkok Airways adds to the network covered by Global Explorer one additional country – Laos – and nine new airports: Thailand’s Chiang Rai (CEI), Lampang (LPT), Trat (TDX), Sukhothai (THS), Koh Samui (USM), Udon Thani (UTH) and Utapao (UTP), along with Laos’ Luang Prabang (LPQ) and Vientiane-Watay (VTE). Prices are based on the cabin class chosen and the total distance travelled. Global Explorer, one of the most popular round-the-world fares available globally, offers simple, flexible, and great value travel around-the-world. It is the first time that Bangkok Airways’ flights have been made available through a round-the-world fare. Bangkok Airways is the latest airline to start participating in Global Explorer, the round-the-world fare offered by oneworld® member airlines and selected partners outside the global alliance, with effect from tomorrow (Friday 01 maggio 2015).
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