Nok Air to launch Bangkok – Korat route

Low-cost carrier Nok Air plans to connect Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok to northeast Thailand in the coming months with a new direct flight to Nakhon Ratchasima, aka “Korat.”

Chief Executive Officer of Nok Air, Wuttipoom Churankun, said the Bangkok – Korat route should begin after Songkran Festival in April 2023.

The date of the route’s inaugural flight hasn’t yet been set because Nok Air wants to operate the route from the airport’s 1st RTAF Wing – a Thai Air Force base – and is still awaiting permission from the Royal Thai Air Force.

The new route will be the only commercial flight flying in and out of Korat Airport since Nok Air suspended the Chiang Mai – Korat route in September last year just six weeks after its launch.

Nok Air cited that their fleet needed repairs and the airline didn’t have enough aircraft to facilitate all routes. Suspending the Chiang…