AirAsia is offering a limited number of free flights from Bali to Bangkok, and $10 fares from Kuala Lumpur to the Thai capital to entice travellers.
The AirAsia offer is part of a sale of 10,000 seats between Bangkok and Asian cities in Malaysia, Burma, Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam, China, Taiwan and Indonesia, with fares costing up to $38 one-way, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. The special deal opened on June 1 and is valid between June 7 to August 31.
Tony Fernandes, AirAsia CEO, is in Thailand promoting a new campaign in order to draw travellers back to the capital, at the same time, he is urging government leaders to consider turning Don Mueang into a dedicated Low Cost Carrier terminal.
Fernandes says that the lack of such a terminal is hampering growth in the country's tourism industry, pointing at the growth in traveller numbers after Kuala Lumpur introduced a new LCC terminal as a prime example.
Speaking to local paper The Bangkok Post, Fernandes said that Airports of Thailand was charging too much per passenger at the new Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Thailand has seen a continuous wave of violence as clashes unfoled in March between the pro-Gorvernmet forces and anti-Government Red Shirt protesters.
At least 26 people are believed to have died.
