Travelling To Thailand

Thailand has three international airports; Bangkok’s new Savarnabhumi Airport, Chiang Mai and Phuket, with many flights available from Heathrow to Bangkok. Named Suvarnabhumi (“Golden Land”) by His Majesty the King, the new airport is expected to be the most modern in all Asia.

Phuket and Chiang Mai Airports - Thailand is spending 2.69 billion baht (US$ 66 million) to upgrade Chiang Mai and Phuket airports, both of which are expected to be completed by the end of 2006.

Investors will be very encouraged to see that much is currently being done to improve the transport infrastructure in Thailand, making it an ideally served region in many aspects:

A 28-km overhead rail link is also under construction between downtown Bangkok and the new airport and this will cut travelling time between the airport and the city centre to only 15 minutes.
Flights

Heathrow – Bangkok: Thai Airways International currently flies twice daily.

Other airlines going to Bangkok include Eva Air, British Airways, Qantas, Phuket Air and Emirates.

The airport is 20 km form the city of Bangkok. You can get into town by taxi for a small price.

A new international airport is opening in Pattaya, with flights at around £500 return from the UK.

Flight time to Thailand from the UK is approximately 12 hours.