Thai Vietjet Air JSC Limited, operating as Thai VietJet Air (Thai: ไทยเวียดเจ็ทแอร์) or Vietjet Air Thailand, is a low-cost airline from Thailand and an associate company of Vietnamese airline VietJet Air.[2]
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Founded | November 2014 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 25 March 2015 | ||||||
AOC # | 12/2017[1] | ||||||
Operating bases | Suvarnabhumi Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | VietJet Skyclub | ||||||
Fleet size | 16 (+50 due to be delivered) | ||||||
Destinations | 26 | ||||||
Parent company | VietJet Air | ||||||
Headquarters | Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Thailand | ||||||
Website | th |
Thai VietJet Air received its Air Operator's Certificate in November 2014.[3] The carrier commenced operations on 29 March 2015 from its operating base in Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport to Phuket International Airport. The airline plans to launch services to Udon Thani later.[4][5]
The airline started operations on 5 December 2014 with a charter flight from Bangkok to Gaya.
As of September 2023[update], Thai VietJet Air operates the following aircraft:[16]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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Airbus A320-200 | 12 | — | 180 | To be phased out by 2024.[17] |
Airbus A321-200 | 6 | — | 230 | To be phased out by 2024.[17] |
Boeing 737 MAX | — | 50 | — | Ordered by parent company.[18] Delivery starts from 2024.[19] |
Total | 18 | 50 |