Airports in Chiang Rai

Nov 30 2007  | Views 310 |  Comments  (1)
Tags:

Post by :India Tours

Airports in Chiang Rai serve the legions of travelers who visit Thailand every year for holiday making or business purpose. Amongst the airports in Chiang Rai, the Chiang Rai International Airport is one of the busiest airports that has a large number of flights departing and arriving from the different parts of the world. The airport provides various facilities and services for its transit passengers and facilitate to their umpteen requirements.

The Chiang Rai International airport has a huge periphery and is located in the northern part of Thailand in Chiang Rai. The location of this airport is 8 km from the city center. It is supposed to serve 5000,000 passengers, 3,900 flights and 2,700 tons of cargo every year. This airport is managed by the Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) since 1998. Its code according to IATA is CEI and according to ICAO is VTCT. The type of airport is public and it is operated by the Airports of Thailand.

Chiang Rai Airports play a significant role in providing the facilities and services to the passengers who are to make a break journey. One of the other airports in Chiang Rai is Chiang Rai airport that has its location in the southwestern part of Chiang Rai. This is a military type of airport and has the following salient features. The largest aircraft flying out of Chiang Rai Airport is a 777 with 388 seats whereas the shortest flight out of Chiang Rai Airport is 432 miles. Chiang Rai Airport has 29 medium sized aircraft departing each week. There is 1 nonstop flight per week departing from Chiang Rai Airport.

The major India Tourism Destinations airlines that serve the Chiang Rai airport are Thai Airways International, Thai Air Asia, Orient Thai Airlines and SGA. The Thai Airways International has daily 2 flights from Chiang Rai to Bangkok, for a total of 300 seats daily. Thai Air Asia has 3 daily flights from Chiang Rai to Bangkok for atotal of 444 seats daily. Orient Thai Airlines has 2 daily flights from Chiang Rai to Bangkok for a total of 344 seats daily. SGA has one daily flight from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai, for a total of 12 seats daily.

For More Interest on India Tourist Attractions



© Indfy., all rights reserved.

Recommend

votesEnjoyed this post? Cast your vote and recommend to other readers

Leave a comment

Use normal text box:


Advertisement


New Delhi, Male
Member Since Nov 29 2007
© 1998-2008 Copyright Sulekha.com Connecting Indians Worldwide, All Rights Reserved.