Fly cheaply from Amsterdam to Bangkok with the low-cost airline Norwegian. You make a stopover in Oslo and the ticket is valid for one month. Norwegian mainly flies with the new Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
KLM passengers can now also receive their booking confirmation, check-in information, boarding pass and flight status worldwide via Twitter and WeChat in ten different languages. Customers can also contact KLM's social media team directly day and night via Twitter and WeChat.
Airline tickets have, on average, become cheaper in recent years. Nevertheless, flying from the Netherlands and Belgium is relatively expensive. In a study by Kiwi.com into the prices of airline tickets in eighty countries, the Netherlands and Belgium score so badly that they are at the bottom of the ranking. According to Kiwi, you have to be in Malaysia for the cheapest airline tickets.
Suvarnabhumi Airport is facing capacity problems
Not only Schiphol is dealing with large crowds, but Suvarnabhumi Airport is also growing out of its jacket. Airport director Sirote says that in February the airport even processed 195.000 passengers in one day. The average number of daily flights rose to 1.300 that month.
Best flight deal? Book 36 days before departure!
When it comes to getting the most favorable holiday deal, it appears that European travelers are advised to book a flight 36 days before their planned holiday, regardless of whether it is an international flight or not. Booking a little earlier, 29 days in advance, ensures that a hotel can be booked for the best price
Cheap tickets Brussels – Bangkok from € 398,-
Cheap flights to Bangkok are possible if you fly from Brussels. This promotion is only valid this weekend, but OP =OP! You can leave on various dates in 2017.
Top 10 biggest airline passenger annoyances
You know it, you're looking forward to a relaxing flight to Bangkok, maybe you can doze off for a while. But then your holiday fun is rudely disturbed by crying children on board the plane, in short, annoyances for air travelers.
Thailand's national airline, THAI Airways International, will fly more often from Brussels to Bangkok. From 3 November, the THAI will fly five times a week from Brussels Airport to Bangkok. That is one flight more than is currently offered.
From 1 October 2017 it is no longer possible to park in parking garage P2 at Schiphol. The popular parking lot near Terminal 1 has to make way for the growth of the airport. A new terminal and new pier will be built on the site of the parking garage.
How to build an Airbus A380 for Emirates (video)
A number of us have already flown in it to Thailand or elsewhere, the impressive Airbus A380 the largest passenger aircraft in the world. In this video you can see that building the 50th A380 for Emirates takes only 60 to 80 days. There are 800 people working on the plane.
Airports of Thailand (AoT) stops outsourcing work
The manager of the six major airports, Airports of Thailand (AoT), will stop outsourcing work. The reason for this is that external service providers often cause problems such as strikes and lower quality.
Tracking aircraft via Flightradar24
Enthusiasts and other interested parties in civil aviation can follow air traffic on several websites. I recently discovered the (provisional) pinnacle in this field on the site www.flightradar24.com.
Schiphol is doing well. Our national airport is even growing faster than the five largest European airports, according to airport organization ACI Europe.
Airlines lose less and less luggage. In 2016, despite the passenger growth, the percentage of mishandled bags was even lower than ever, according to the SITA Baggage Report 2017.
Plane crashes in Thailand
Since 1967, there have been 12 aviation accidents in Thailand in which people have lost their lives. The result of those disasters is the deaths of 657 passengers and 67 crew members and an additional 19 fatalities on the ground.
At least 27 passengers on an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Bangkok were injured when the aircraft suddenly encountered severe turbulence 40 minutes before landing on Monday morning. The injured suffered multiple broken bones and bruises, among the victims are both Russians and foreigners.
Qatar Airways: Five daily flights to Bangkok
Qatar Airways has announced that it wants to fly from Doha to Bangkok with five daily non-stop flights from June 1. Together with the two daily flights to Phuket and the four weekly flights to Krabi, the number of weekly flights to Thailand from Doha will rise to 53.