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TransAsia Airways Launches Inaugural Flight to Bangkok for Thai Songkran Festival

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Last updated 2026-09-26 — With the growing demand for travel between Taiwan and Thailand, TransAsia Airways will launch its first flight to Bangkok on March 15. This marks the second major transit hub in Southeast Asia to open after Singapore, strengthening tourism and business exchanges between Taiwan and Thailand...

Text / MOOK Travel Life Network, Zhang Yingying, compiled and reported
 
According to statistics from the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation, in December last year and January this year, the number of Taiwanese travelers visiting Thailand increased significantly, up 153% and 58% respectively compared to the same periods last year. In January alone, the number of bilateral round trips between Taiwan and Thailand exceeded 35,000. With the upcoming Thai New Year in April, also known as the famous Songkran Festival, which coincides with the peak travel season in Thailand, tourist numbers are expected to rise further.
 

Text / MOOK Travel Life Network, Zhang Yingying, compiled and reported According to statistics from the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation, in December last year and January this year, the number of Taiwanese travelers visiting Thailand increased significantly, up 153% and 58% respectively compared to the same periods last year. In January alone, the number of bilateral round trips between Taiwan and Thailand exceeded 35,000. With the upcoming Thai New Year in April, also known as the famous Songkran Festival, which coincides with the peak travel season in Thailand, tourist numbers are expected to rise further.

In view of the growing demand for travel between Taiwan and Thailand, TransAsia Airways will3month15launch its first flight to Bangkok. This marks the second major transit hub in Southeast Asia to open after Singapore, strengthening tourism and business exchanges between Taiwan and Thailand, establishing a denser air network connecting Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, and expanding its Asian flight route coverage.

TransAsia Airways’2brand-newA330-300fleet has been fully put into operation, greatly enhancing operational capacity and linking key transit hubs across Northeast and Southeast Asia routes. Currently, there are6Japan routes, allowing passengers from Osaka arriving in Taiwan to transfer and continue to Bangkok, arriving by the evening of the same day; other routes allow transfers to Singapore. Similarly, passengers arriving in Taiwan from Singapore flights in Southeast Asia can transfer to TransAsia Airways’ early morning Japan routes to destinations such as Osaka and Hokkaido in Japan, while also bringing transit passengers into Taiwan, offering the most comfortable and convenient service.

 

TransAsia Airways Acting General Manager Hsu Yitsung delivers a speech at the Bangkok inaugural flight ceremony, expressing optimism about the future development of Thailand’s tourism and business markets. (Photo provided / TransAsia Airways)

The TransAsia Airways Taoyuan–Bangkok route will be operated using a brand-new A330-300 aircraft, with seven flights per week—daily service to Bangkok. Flights depart at 16:05 and arrive in Bangkok at 18:55. The return flight departs Bangkok at 19:55 and arrives in Taoyuan at 00:25 (+1). Upon arrival in Bangkok, travelers can arrange onward flights with other airlines to Europe or Australia. Group travelers can still easily experience Bangkok’s nightlife after arrival; business travelers can rest and be well-prepared for meetings the next day. Group return travelers gain an extra full daytime period to explore before taking an evening flight back to Taiwan.
Last year, TransAsia Airways opened nine new destinations, including three cross-strait routes and six in Japan. Earlier this year, it also launched the Taichung–Macao route, bringing the total number of domestic and international routes operated by TransAsia Airways to over 50, forming a comprehensive and key air network in Asia. Asian routes are also a strength and advantage of TransAsia Airways, and this year it will actively evaluate the opening of new major Asian destinations such as Tokyo, Jakarta, and Kuala Lumpur.
 
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