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Thai Vietjet Air Joint Stock Company Limited, operating as Thai VietJet Air ( th, ไทยเวียดเจ็ทแอร์), also recognized as Vietjet Air Thailand or simply Thai Vietjet, is a Thai
low-cost airline
A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or '' discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing op ...
and an associate company of
Vietnamese
Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overse ...
airline
VietJet Air
VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company ( vi, Công ty Cổ phần Hàng không VietJet), trading as VietJet Air (or simply Vietjet), is an international low-cost airline from Vietnam. It was the first privately owned new-age airline to be establ ...
.
History
Thai VietJet Air received its Air Operator's Certificate in November 2014.
The carrier commenced operations on 29 March 2015 from its operating base in Bangkok's
Suvarnabhumi Airport to
Phuket International Airport
Phuket International Airport ( th, ท่าอากาศยานภูเก็ต, ) is an international airport serving the Phuket Province of Thailand. It is in the north of Phuket Island, from the centre of Phuket City. The airport ...
. The airline plans to launch services to
Udon Thani
Udon Thani ( th, อุดรธานี, ) is a city in Isan (Northeast Thailand), the capital of Udon Thani Province and with a population of approximately 430,000 in its urban area the 7th largest city in the country. The city municipality ...
later.
The airline started operations on 5 December 2014 with a charter flight from
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...
to
Gaya.
Destinations
Fleet
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, Thai VietJet Air operates the following aircraft:
Accidents and Incidents
On 9 April 2022, Thai Vietjet VZ-320 from
Suvarnabhumi Airport to
Hat Yai International Airport
Hat Yai International Airport ( th, ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่, ) is an international airport in southern Thailand in Songkhla Province near the city of Hat Yai. It is under the management of Airports of Thailand, P ...
returned to
Suvarnabhumi Airport to make an emergency landing after flight crew noticed avionic smoke during climb passing 4,000 ft. There were no injuries or fatalities and the incident is under investigation.
[https://www.aeroinside.com/16941/thai-vietjet-a320-at-bangkok-on-apr-9th-2022-avionics-smoke]
References
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Airlines of Thailand
Airlines established in 2014
Low-cost carriers
Thai companies established in 2014