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MiniVDO Interviews re TG restart Tokyo-Phuket direct flights
http://thainews.prd.go.th/newsenglish/previewnews2.php?news_id=371
Interviews for Andaman News NBT (VHF dial) + FM90.5 Radio Thailand at 8.30am & perhaps relays/repeats on local Cable TV channel 1, broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces, & possibly FM108 Mazz Radio 7.30pm in Phuket, Friday 4 July 2008 & http://thainews.prd.go.th/newsenglish/ Contact AndamanNews@yahoo.com
Chantouch Srinilta, District Sales Manager for Phuket, at Thai Airways International, as they restart direct Tokyo-Phuket flights on 17 July; TG671 departs 10:00, arrives 15:25 on a Boeing 777; Capacity is 309 passengers; it restarts twice a week Thursdays & Saturdays; but 1 way only at first, but cuts about 3-4 hours off indirect flights via Bangkok; he first tells us when & why they decided to restart the direct flights: ………
We also talked to Bhuris Maswongsa, Vice President of Phuket Tourist Association & Patong Resort hotel, as the PTA, hotels and TAT requested TG to restart this route since the tsunami December 2004, when Japanese visitors to Phuket were higher (206,381 in 2004; only 44,662 in 2005; 114,882 in 2006; and 115,751 in 2007). Here are his comments: ….
Contact: www.ThaiAirways.com Tel 076 258231 fax 360482 www.PhuketTourist.com Tel 076 222177-8 Fax: 076 354139
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