STOPOVERS & MULTI-STAYS
A little taster
With its world-class airport and location at the heart of Asia and half-way to Australia, Thailand is the perfect stopover or multi-stay choice
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angkok makes a great stopover as part of a wider itinerary, with world-class shopping, great-value spas and cultural sites that can be seen in a day. Even on a short stay, it’s also easy to reach Thailand’s beaches: Pattaya is about an hour from the airport and Koh Samet and Hua Hin are also ‘fl ight-free’ destinations.
TWIN STARS DUBAI: With Emirates fl ights, holidaymakers headed for Bangkok or Phuket can now make a handy mid-way stop in Dubai, to see its record-breaking towering buildings, go shopping and take desert excursions. ASIA COMBOS: Thailand is often combined on twin- or multi-centre holidays with Singapore, Hong Kong or Malaysia, using the countries’ fl ag carriers. Regional Thai Airways, Thai Smile, Nok Air, Bangkok Airways and Air Asia fl ights also help. You don’t have to route via Bangkok; for instance Bangkok Airways links these neighbours to Samui and Air Asia links them to Phuket.
UP AND COMING
Neighbours Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia make a great combination with Thailand, using regional fl ights or river cruises. Indochina tours plus a relaxing fi nish on a Thai beach are popular. Angkor Wat side-trips are possible from Bangkok. Bangkok Airways and Thai Airways fl y to Thailand’s northern neighbour Myanmar and several operators now make cross- border tours by road.
ONWARD CONNECTIONS Onward travels from Thailand to Australia are possible with Emirates (Dubai, Bangkok and Sydney being a possible itinerary), Qantas and regional carriers Thai Airways, Jetstar, Air Asia and Virgin Australia. Thailand can also be twinned with the Maldives via Bangkok Airways.
FLIGHT-FREE TWINNING The Eastern & Oriental Express links Malaysia and Singapore with Thailand by luxury train. Mekong cruises, from the likes of Avalon Waterways and Wendy Wu are a boom area, combining Thailand with Indochina (usually with Bangkok-Siem Reap fl ights).
Laos ‘the Asia of yesteryear’, with Thailand, equals a perfect combo of
culture, adventure and relaxation LESLEY WRIGHT, GENERAL MANAGER COMMERCIAL UK, TRAVEL INDOCHINA
TOP TIP
Check out Thai and Bangkok Airways’ multi-stop passes which discount domestic and regional combinations.
POTENTIAL TWIN
THAILAND MULTI-CENTRES Bangkok, Chiang Mai/Chiang Rai and a beach destination is the classic Thailand multi-centre off ered by most Thai specialist operators. Many others have multi-stop cultural tours and packages which cover other areas like the national parks. Mainland beach and island combinations are also popular; Krabi with Koh Lanta and Phuket with the Phi Phi or Koh Yao islands are easy combinations logistically.
ROUTES POPULAR ONE-STOP FLIGHTS:
Cathay Pacifi c via Hong Kong; Singapore Airlines via Singapore; Malaysian Airways via Kuala Lumpur; Emirates via Dubai
MORE UNUSUAL OPTIONS:
Royal Jordanian via Amman; Air China via Beijing; Sri Lankan via Colombo; Air India via Delhi; Etihad via Abu
Dhabi; Qatar Airways via Doha; Aerofl ot via Moscow; EVA to Bangkok then onwards to Taipei
ONE-DIRECTION STOPOVERS
Codeshares with a stop on either the outward or return only (the other journey is direct): BA or EVA/Jet Airways via Mumbai; Etihad/BA via Abu Dhabi; Emirates/EVA via Dubai; BA/Aerofl ot via Moscow
DOUBLE CHOICE STOPOVERS Codeshare routes with diff erent stopovers out and return:
Air India/Sri Lankan: out via Delhi back via Colombo
Air India/Jet Airways: out via Delhi back via Mumbai Air India/
Malaysia Airways: out via Delhi back via KL
Air India/Aerofl ot: out via Mumbai back via Moscow
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