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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 Vietnamese VietJet Air (เวียดเจ็ทแอร์).[2]
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Founded | November 2014 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 25 March 2015 | ||||||
AOC # | AOC.0012[1] | ||||||
Operating bases | Suvarnabhumi Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | VietJet Skyclub | ||||||
Fleet size | 16 (+50 due to be delivered) | ||||||
Destinations | 26 | ||||||
Parent company | VietJet Air | ||||||
Headquarters | Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Thailand | ||||||
Website | th |
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 plans 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.
As of June 2024[update], Thai VietJet Air flies (or has flown) to the following destinations:
As of May 2024[update], Thai VietJet Air operates the following aircraft:[16]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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Airbus A320-200 | 12 | — | 180 | To be phased out by 2024.[17] |
Airbus A321-200 | 6 | — | 230 | |
Boeing 737 MAX | — | 50 | — | Ordered by parent company.[18] Delivery starts from 2024.[citation needed] |
Total | 18 | 50 |
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 during climb passing 4,000 ft. There were no casualties and the incident is under investigation.[19]
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