Condor starts to fly this winter to Yangon and Siem Reap from Frankfurt and signed a partnership with Bangkok Airways. The German leisure carrier adds consequently six new destinations in Southeast Asia for the winter schedule 2012/13.
FRANKFURT/BANGKOK – Thanks to a partnership with regional Thai carrier Bangkok Airways, German leisure airline Condor –an affiliate of Lufthansa– will add six destinations in Southeast Asia to its network. Condor passengers are now able to book directly flights up to Chiang Mai, Koh Samui and Pattaya in Thailand thanks to connecting flights from either Bangkok or Phuket both served by Condor out of Frankfurt. Other Condor destinations flown in partnership with Bangkok Airways include Phnom Penh and Siem Reap and Cambodia as well as Yangon in Myanmar. Thanks to its partnership with Bangkok Airways, passengers will be able to get their boarding pass direct to their final destination.
Condor flies also once a week to Yangon –every Tuesday out of Frankfurt- as well as to Siem Reap every Friday, also out of Frankfurt. The German carrier is the only one in Europe to propose a non-stop scheduled frequency to both destinations.
The integration of Yangon and Siem Reap into Condor timetable followed an earlier announcement in January 2012 to look at strengthening the carrier’s presence in Southeast Asia with new destinations and frequencies. From winter 2012/13, flights to Phuket will be increased from two to four frequencies per week. Condor is the only airline to fly non-stop out of Frankfurt to Thailand’s most famous resort island.
Condor is one of Europe’s largest leisure carriers. It transports over six million passengers a year to 75 destinations around the world. The fleet comprises 37 modern eco-friendly aircraft including 11 Boeing 767-300 and 13 Boeing 757-300 used on long-haul routes.
Bangkok Airways is Thailand’s oldest private airline as it was created in 1968. It has a fleet of 19 Airbus A319 and A320 as well as ATR 72. It flies to seven domestic destinations in Thailand and 11 destinations in Asia.
Luc Citrinot a French national is a freelance journalist and consultant in tourism and air transport with over 20 years experience. Based in Paris and Bangkok, he works for various travel and air transport trade publications in Europe and Asia.
