Bangkok Airways resumes commercial flight to Singapore on 22 August 2021

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

On 27 July 2021, Bangkok Airways announces that it is resuming commercial flight from Samui to Singapore on 1 August 2021 with its A319 aircraft. However, the resumption flight has been postponed to 22 August 2021.

According to schedules, Bangkok Airways flight PG961 departs from Samui for Singapore at 3.05 pm, touches down in Singapore at 6 pm before leaving Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 1 for Samui at 7.30 pm and arriving in Samui at 8.35 pm under flight PG962.

Flights are operated on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays.

The flights from 1 August 2021 until 19 August 2021 were cancelled.

The Samui-Singapore route is the first international route operated by a Thai airline under Koh Samui's "Samui Plus Model Project" to reopen Thailand's borders to foreign tourists who have been vaccinated.

According to Bangkok Airways, passengers entering Thailand are required to follow guidelines issued by the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) directive No. 7/2564 on 24 June B.E. 2564 (2021) which requires that each passenger entering the country must possess the complete set of the relevant documents. The documents include the Certificate of Entry (COE), Medical Certificate with a laboratory result indicating that COVID-19 is not detected (done by RT-PCR technique and issued no more than 72 hours before traveling), Vaccine Certificate or proof of vaccination. Additionally all passengers must undergo required covi tests (RT-PCR method) during their stay in Thailand. 

Travelers with a certificate of vaccination and a negative covi test are exempt from compulsory quarantine if travelling to the following islands: Koh Samui, Koh Pha Ngan and Koh Tao. They must stay on the island for at least 14 days before travelling to other regions in Thailand.