Bangkok Airways to pursue expansion in China and Taiwan in 2017 with new routes and partnerships
Bangkok Airways is focusing expansion in 2017 on the greater China market, with three new destinations and three new airline codeshare partners. China point of sale now accounts for 8% of revenues for Bangkok Airways - up from approximately 4% in 2015, with further large gains expected in 2017.
Bangkok Airways resumed services to mainland China in mid-2016 after a seven-year hiatus with flights from Samui to Chengdu. In Jan-2017 Chengdu is being upgraded to daily, and a daily service from Samui to Guangzhou will be launched. Samui-Chongqing is planned for later in 2017, giving Bangkok Airways three destinations in mainland China and four when Hong Kong is included.
Bangkok Airways is also planning to launch services from Samui to Taipei by the end of 2017. It already has codeshares with both of Taiwan's main airlines - which will likely be expanded - and with Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific, but its relationships with mainland Chinese airlines are now limited to interlines.
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