EL AL Israel Airlines resumes scheduled flight to Narita on 6 March 2024

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EL AL Israel Airlines resumes direct scheduled flight from Tel Aviv to Narita on 6 March 2024.

On 6 March 2024, EL AL flight LY91 departs from Tel Aviv for Narita at 7.40 pm and touches down in Narita at 2.05 pm before it takes off under flight LY92 at 4.15 pm and lands in Tel Aviv at 10.45 pm.

The inaugural resumption flight is operated with EL AL's 787-8 Dreamliner.

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EL AL Israel Airlines says 787-9 Dreamliner may be deployed on the route on Saturday night.

The Israeli national flag carrier flies twice weekly to Narita on Wednesdays and Saturday nights and takes off for Tel Aviv on Thursdays and Saturdays, landing in Tel Aviv on Fridays and Sundays. There are two additional weekly flights later on, according to EL AL Facebook. 

Urumqi Air resumes weekly flight to Utapao on 13 January 2024

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Urumqi Air has resumed weekly scheduled flight to Utapao, the airport of Pattaya, from Urumqi via Lanzhou on 13 January 2024.

According to schedules, Urumqi Air flight UQ2647 departs from Urumqi for Utapao via Lanzhou on 13 January 2024 at 7.10 am, transits in Lanzhou at 10 am before leaving from Lanzhou for Utapao at 11.30 am and touching down in Utapao at 2.35 pm.

At 4.25 pm, flight UQ2648 takes off from Utapao for Urumqi via Lanzhou, stops over in Lanzhou at 9.40 pm before departing from Lanzhou for Urumqi at 11.10 pm and arriving in Urumqi on 14 January 2024 at 1.55 am.

Urumqi Air B737-800 flies to Utapao via Lanzhou on Saturdays and lands in Urumqi on Sundays.

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Cambodia Angkor Air launches flight to Hong Kong on 7 February 2024, Cambodia e-Arrival card in use

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Cambodia Angkor Air, that has removed flights to Changi and Delhi from its flight ticketing system, launches non-stop scheduled flight to Hong Kong from Phnom Penh on 7 February 2024 with its Airbus A320 aircraft.

On 7 February 2024, according to schedules, Cambodia Angkor Air flight K6650 departs from Phnom Penh for Hong Kong at 5.30 pm, touches down in Hong Kong at 9.05 pm before leaving Hong Kong for Phnom Penh at 10.05 pm and landing in Phnom Penh at 11.35 pm under flight K6651.

Cambodia Angkor Air flies to Hong Kong on Wednesdays. 

Cambodia e-Arrival card for all entrants to Cambodia

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Passengers arriving in Phnom Penh until end of June 2024 are encouraged to complete Cambodia e-Arrival card within seven days prior to arrival in Phnom Penh and the type of visa and health status have to be indicated on the on-line arrival card. There is no option for ASEAN nationals to tick "no need visa" in order to enter Cambodia. Paper forms of the arrival card are available to fill in at the airports but the Cambodia e-Arrival card is mandatory for Cambodians and other entrants from 1 July 2024. 

The Cambodia Immigraion is not available for comment on the filling up matters of the new arrival card.

Customers interested to enter Cambodia should do their checks on the Cambodia e-Arrival card before they purchase their tickets.

Urumqi Air arrives in Suvarnabhumi during daytime on 12 January 2024

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Urumqi Air has commenced its first daytime flight to Suvarnabhumi from Urumqi via Luoyang since 12 January 2024. The flight lands in Suvarnabhumi in the afternoon after 3 pm on Fridays, the first time in the airline's history since international flight inception.

According to updated flight schedules, Urumqi Air flight UQ2641 departs from Urumqi for Suvarnabhumi via Luoyang on Fridays at 7 am, transits in Luoyang at 10.50 am before leaving Luoyang for Suvarnabhumi at 12.35 pm and touching down in Suvarnabhumi at 3.45 pm.

Then later in the afternoon, outbound flight UQ2642 leaves Suvarnabhumi for Luoyang at 5.05 pm, touches down in Luoyang at 10.10 pm before taking off from Luoyang for Urumqi at 11.45 pm and landing in Urumqi at 3.50 am on Saturdays.

On Wednesdays, flight UQ2641/UQ2642 operates to and leaves Suvarnabhumi at late time hours with UQ2641 leaving Urumqi for Suvarnabhumi at 2.50 pm, stopping over in Luoyang at 7 pm and taking off from Luoyang for Suvarnabhumi at 9.40 pm and arriving in Suvarnabhumi at 1.05 am on Thursdays. Then, UQ2642 leaves Suvarnabhumi on Thursdays at 2.35 am and touches down in Luoyang at 7.45 am for passengers to alight before continuing on the return voyage to Urumqi at 9.45 am and arriving in Urumqi at 2 pm.

The Urumqi-Luoyang-Suvarnabhumi flights are the only Southeast Asia flight service from Urumqi after the airline withdraws from the Singapore travel market. It first extends the route from Luoyang on 1 November 2023 before the extension to Suvarnabhumi was increased to twice weekly on Wednesdays and Sundays from 3 December 2023. Due to increasing demand for earlier arrivals in Bangkok, the Friday flight is thus timed to land in Suvarnabhumi at estimated 3.45 pm and there are no more Sunday flights to Suvarnabhumi from Urumqi and Luoyang.

UQ2641 actually lands in Suvarnabhumi on 12 January 2024 at 3.46 pm according to FlightRadar24. 

Hainan Airlines flies twice a week to Ho Chi Minh City from 15 January 2024

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Hainan Airlines launches twice weekly scheduled flights to Ho Chi Minh City from Haikou from 15 January 2024 with its B737-800 aircraft.

On 15 January 2024, Hainan Airlines flight HU767 departs from Haikou for Ho Chi Minh City at 12.35 am, touches down in Ho Chi Minh City at 1.40 am on 16 January 2024 before leaving Ho Chi Minh City for Haikou at 2.45 am and arriving in Haikou at 5.55 am under flight HU768.

Hainan Airlines flies to Ho Chi Minh City on Mondays and Thursdays and returns to Haikou on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Turkmenistan Airlines plans flight to Ho Chi Minh City on 5 March 2024

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Turkmenistan Airlines plans to launch direct scheduled flight from Ashgabat to Ho Chi Minh City on 5 March 2024 and it is scheduling seven further flights at the moment in March but the inaugural flight date may subject to change as the airline has yet to announce officially on the new flight to Ho Chi Minh City. April flights are not available for booking.

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On the planned schedule to Ho Chi Minh City, flight T5657 is expected to arrive in Ho Chi Minh City from Ashgabat at 1.30 am on Tuesdays (5 March 2024), at 5.20 pm on Thursdays effective 7 March 2024 (Thursday) while flight T5656 is expected to leave Ho Chi Minh City for Ashgabat at 3.30 am (6 March 2024) and 7.20 pm (7 March 2024) and touch down in Ashgabat by 9.15 am and 1.05 am respectively.  However, at the moment, Turkmenistan Airlines has not confirmed the actual flight schedules yet and any change to the inaugural flight date may be possible.

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Meanwhile, Turkmenistan Airlines has appointed Transviet Travel Co Ltd as its Vietnam General Sales Agent (GSA) with address at 3rd Floor, 82 Vo Van Tan Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Readers interested in travel to Ashgabat from Vietnam may contact the GSA at dung.nguyenhanh@transviet.com.

Turkmenistan Airlines web-site fir on-line booking is solely for Turkmenistani usage.

LOT Polish Airlines operates flights to Suvarnabhumi from Katowice and Warsaw

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LOT Polish Airlines has resumed passenger flights to Suvarnabhumi from Poland since 4 November 2023.

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The first flight from Katowice to Suvarnabhumi takes off on 4 November 2023 under flight LO6515 while the retruning flight to Katowice from Suvarnabhumi departs on 5 November 2023 under flight LO6516.

The first resumption flight to Suvarnabhumi from Warsaw proceeds on 6 November 2023 under flight LO6519 and the first resumption flight to Warsaw from Suvarnabhumi takes off on 7 November 2023 under flight LO6520.

LOT arrives in Suvarnabhumi and leaves Suvarnabhumi for Katowice every Saturday/Sunday with its 787-8 Dremliner while there are 787-9 Dreamliner flights between Warsaw and Suvarnabhumi on Mondays/Tuesdays.

Flight timings are subject to changes without prior notice.

EL AL Israel Airlines launches flight to Fort Lauderdale on 15 April 2024

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EL AL Israel Airlines launches direct scheduled flight from Tel Aviv to Fort Lauderdale on 15 April 2024 with its 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft.

On 15 April 2024, according to schedules, EL Al flight LY21 departs from Tel Aviv for Fourt Lauderdale at 12.05 am, touches down in Fort Lauderdale at 6.35 am befire leaving Fort Lauderdale for Tel Aviv at 2 pm and arriving in Tel Aviv at 9.05 am on 16 April 2024 under flight LY22.

The travel time between Tel Aviv and Fort Lauderdale is between 12 hours 5 minutes and 13 hours 30 minutes. EL AL flies to Fort Lauderdale on Mondays and Fridays and returns to Tel Aviv on Tuesdays and Saturdays (Sabbath).

EL AL is the first airline from Asia to operate continental flights to Fort Lauderdale, the coastal city in Florida known for its  museums, boating industry, beaches, arts and entertainment districts as well the the reknown Hugh Taylor Birch State Park and the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

EL AL Israel Airlines has suspended flights to Hong Kong, Narita, Mumbai and Delhi while it maintains B777-200ER, 787-9 and 787-8 Dreamliner frequent flights to Suvarnabhumi, North America and Europe. It plans to resume flights to Istanbul on 15 April 2024 and to Narita during summer 2024.

Turkmenistan Airlines resumes flight to Suvarnabhumi, plans Southeast Asia expansion

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On 22 December 2023, Turkmenistan Airlines resumes scheduled flight from Ashgabat to Suvarnabhumi with its B777-300ER. On other days, B777-200 may be used. Next, the airline plans to launch scheduled direct flight to Ho Chi Minh City on 5 March 2024 with subsequent services initially scheduled for the remaining Tuesdays and Thursdays of March 2024 and later to KLIA with its B777-200.

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The first resumption flight of Turkmenistan Airlines takes off from Ashgabat for Suvarnabhumi under flight T5647 at 6.15 pm, touches down in Suvarnabhumi at 2.55 am on 23 December 2023 before leaving Suvarnabhumi for Ashgabat at 4.20 am and landing in Ashgabat at 9 am local time on the same day under flight T5648.

The above timings are effective for travel on Fridays/Saturdays.

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On Sundays effective 24 December 2023,  flight T5647 leaves Ashgabat for Suvarnabhumi at 3.10 am, touches down in Suvarnabhumi at 11.50 am before departing from Suvarnabhumi for Ashgabat at 2.05 pm and arriving in Ashgabat at 6.45 pm under flight T5648. That is the only current daytime flight of Turkmenistan Airlines in Southeast Asia.

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On the planned schedule to Ho Chi Minh City, flight T5657 is expected to arrive in Ho Chi Minh City from Ashgabat at 1.30 am on Tuesdays (5 March 2024), at 5.20 pm on Thursdays effective 7 March 2024 (Thursday) while flight T5656 is expected to leave Ho Chi Minh City for Ashgabat at 3.30 am (6 March 2024) and 7.20 pm (7 March 2024) and touch down in Ashgabat by 9.15 am and 1.05 am respectively.  However, at the moment, Turkmenistan Airlines has not confirmed the actual flight schedules yet and any change to the inaugural flight date may be possible.

Turkmenistan Airlines plans to resume scheduled flight to KLIA next.