Bangkok Airways to Launch Double Daily Sealed Flights Between Bangkok and Phuket

(21 Jan 2022)  Bangkok Airways has unveiled plans to support Thailand’s Phuket Sandbox program by operating two special sealed-route flights per day from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) near Bangkok to Phuket (HKT), starting from 1 February 2022.

The special sealed-route flights from Bangkok to Phuket will be operated with ATR72-600 aircraft.

The first outbound flight, PG5275 is scheduled to depart from Suvarnabhumi Airport at 12:00 and arrive in Phuket at 14:05.

The second outbound flight, PG5279 is timed to depart from Suvarnabhumi Airport at 17:10 and arrive in Phuket at 19:15.

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

Once the planes arrive in Phuket they will be thoroughly disinfected and used to operate flights to places such as Koh Samui (USM) and Hat Yai (HDY).

Passengers traveling on the sealed flights from Bangkok are required to follow guidelines issued by the Centre for COVID19 Situation Administration (CCSA) which requires that each passenger entering the kingdom of Thailand to possess the complete set of the relevant documents which at press time includes:

- 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;

- Travel health insurance (worldwide or including Thailand) covering health care and treatment expenses for COVID19 disease, or any other guarantee valid throughout their stay in the Kingdom with a coverage of no less than 50,000 USD; and

All passengers must undergo required COVID19 tests (RT-PCR method) during their stay in Thailand.