Bangkok Airways to Resume Flights from Samui and Phuket to U-Tapao

(25 Nov 2021)  Bangkok Airways has confirmed plans to resume two more domestic services to and from U-Tapao airport near Pattaya.

Flights between Phuket (HKT) and U-Tapao (UTP) are scheduled to take off on 2 December 2021 with flights between Samui (USM) and U-Tapao (UTP) slated to begin on 15 December 2021.

The resumed service between Phuket and U-Tapao will be operated with ATR72-600 aircraft, starting with three flights per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Bangkok Airways ATR 72-600 reg: HS-PZF. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

The outbound flight PG282 is timed to depart from Phuket International Airport at 12:15 and arrive at U-Tapao International Airport at 13:55.

The inbound flight PG281 is slated to leave U-Tapao at 14:25 and arrive in Phuket at 16:05.

Bangkok Airways will operate the Samui - U-Tapao service with ATR72-600 aircraft, starting with three flights per week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

The outbound flight PG293 is scheduled to leave Samui at 14:25 and arrive at U-Tapao at 15:40. The inbound flight PG294 is timed to leave U-Tapao at 16:10 and arrive in Samui at 17:20.

With the resumption of services between Phuket – U-Tapao and Samui – U-Tapao, Bangkok Airways will operate flights to a total of 12 destinations:

Bangkok – Samui

Bangkok – Chiang Mai

Bangkok – Phuket

Bangkok – Lampang

Bangkok – Sukhothai

Samui – Phuket

Samui – Singapore

Bangkok – Trat

Phuket – Hat Yai

Bangkok – Phnom Penh

Phuket – U-Tapao (from 2 December 2021)

Samui – U-Tapao (from 15 December 2021).