Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Passengers on low-cost airlines from Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Langkawi and Singapore can now connect to Shanghai budget flights in Phuket with ease as low-cost Phuket-Shanghai direct flights begin on 10 November 2012.On 10 November 2012, Juneyao Airlines, Shanghai's second budget carrier, launched its first Airbus A320 Phuket-outbound flight to Shanghai Pudong International Airport from Phuket International Airport Terminal 2 at 3.45 am under flight code HO1312. HO1312 arrived in Pudong at 8.55 am.
Juneyao Airlines' Airbus A320 under flight code HO1311 first flew to Phuket International Airport Terminal 2 from Pudong at 10.35 pm on 9 November 2012 and arrived in Phuket at 2.45 am on 10 November 2012.
The Pudong-Phuket budget flights take place four times a week, on Fridays, Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays while Phuket-Pudong flights take off on Saturdays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
The Wednesday Pudong-Phuket flights of Juneyao Airlines follow the Friday schedule while the Thursday Phuket-Pudong flights follow the Saturday schedule.
On Mondays and Saturdays, HO1311 departs from Shanghai Pudong at 8.35 pm, arrives in Phuket at 12.45 am, takes off for Pudong on Tuesdays and Sundays at 1.45 am and touches down in Pudong at 7.15 am.
Phuket is Juneyao Airlines' first Southeast Asian scheduled destination. It plans to introduce new flights to other Southeast Asian cities in the next few years such as Singapore, Manila and Kuala Lumpur depending on market demand. Currently, its other international destinations include Hong Kong, Macau and Naha, Okinawa.
Juneyao Airlines is not the only Shanghai private airline to fly to Thailand. In July 2012, Spring Airlines, China's first low-cost airline, started regular scheduled flights from Shanghai to Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok. For passengers, Juneyao Airlines' new Phuket flights are good news as overall travel expenses to Shanghai via Phuket are lower than connecting via Suvarnabhumi.
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