Thai Vietjet Air JSC Limited, operating as Thai VietJet Air (Thai: ไทยเวียดเจ็ทแอร์) or Vietjet Air Thailand, is a low-cost airline of Thailand and an associate company of VietnameseVietJet Air (เวียดเจ็ทแอร์).[2]
History
Thai VietJet Air received its air operator's certificate in November 2014.[3] The carrier commenced operations on 29 March 2015 from its operating base in Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport to Phuket International Airport. The airline planned to launch services to Udon Thani later.[4][5]
The airline started operations on 5 December 2014, with a charter flight from Bangkok to Gaya.
Destinations
As of June 2024[update], Thai VietJet Air flies (or has flown) to the following destinations:
On 9 April 2022, Flight 320, an Airbus A320-200 (registered HS-VKC) from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport to Hat Yai, returned to Suvarnabhumi Airport to make an emergency landing after flight crew noticed avionic smoke when passing 4,000 ft. There were no casualties and the incident is under investigation.[20]