THAI Smile, the up-coming budget airline, has launched its official website. Online bookings also also available for its first route from Bangkok to Macau.

Thai Smile’s inaugural flight is set for July 7, 2012. Thai Smile will serve as the low-cost wing of Thai Airways and take over their domestic routes from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Krabi, Surat Thani, and Phuket starting in August 2012.

Visit the Thai Smile website at www.thaismileair.com for more information or to make an online booking.

Thai Smile Airline, the up-coming budget wing of Thai Airways, has announced its first destination: Macau. Direct flights from Bangkok to Macau will begin on July 1, 2012. The initial schedule will see two flights per day and ticket sales will begin in April.

Thai Smile is expected to have a fleet of four aircraft by summer 2012. Planned routes for August 1 launch are Bangkok – Chiang Mai and Chiang Mai – Phuket and international routes from Bangkok to Jakarta, Kolkata and Phnom Penh. By fall 2012 Thai Smile will take over Thai Airway’s flights Surat Thani and to Gaya and Varanasi, India.

Thai Smile, an upcoming budget airline, has announced plans to commence its first flight on July 1, 2012. This new budget airline will be based out of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport and is wholly owned by Thai Airways.

Destinations have not yet been announced, but Thai Smile is expected to begin as a domestic airline then expand to being a regional carrier. Potential destinations include Kochi, Hyderabad, Luang Prabang, Yangon, Seoul, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macau, Danang, Phuket, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore.

Thai Airways International have made public a strategy shift for Thai Smile, their upcoming low-cost wing.

In a departure from initial plans which focused on domestic routes via Bangkok, the carrier will place an emphasis on regional destinations such as India, China and other SE Asian countries within three to four hours flying time.