Lot returns to Bangkok
Thai VietJet goes to Hanoi, S7 Airlines adds Novosibirsk to Phuket
Lot returns to Bangkok
Thai VietJet goes to Hanoi, S7 Airlines adds Novosibirsk to Phuket
June 8th, 2026. After a 26-year hiatus, LOT Polish Airlines is resuming its Warsaw to Bangkok route. Reservations are already open offering three flights a week, departing on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
Flight number LO65 will depart from Warsaw’s Frederic Chopin Airport at 15:45 and will arrive at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok, at 07:05 the next morning. The return leg, flight number LO66, will leave Bangkok at 09:05 on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays and touch down again in Warsaw at 15:00.
The outbound journey time is scheduled at ten hours and twenty minutes, and the return at a few minutes short of twelve hours. A Boeing Boeing 787-9 aircraft will serve the route
Bangkok to Hanoi
Thai VietJet Air is planning to launch a service on the popular Bangkok to Hanoi route. The flight will operate daily commencing on October 5th.
Until October 25th, flight number VZ930 will take off from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport at 11:15 and land at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi at 13:10. The return journey, flight number VZ931, will depart Hanoi at 14:00 and land back in Bangkok at 15:55.
After October 25th, the flight is scheduled to depart from Bangkok at 09:25, and arrive in Hanoi at 11:15. Then, returning from Hanoi at 12:05, arriving back in Bangkok at 14:05.
A Boeing 737 Max 8 will serve the route, and the journey time will be about two hours in each direction.
Novosibirsk to Phuket
Reservations are now open for a service between Novosibirsk and Phuket. The route will be operated by Russia’s S7 Airlines and is scheduled to launch on October 27th and will operate three times a week on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays.
Flight number S75711 will depart from Novosibirsk at 06:55 on Sundays and Fridays, and ten minutes later, at 07:05, on Tuesdays. It will land at Phuket International Airport at 17:20 or 17:35 on Tuesdays. The return leg will leave Phuket at 18:30 and touch down again in Novosibirsk at 04:55 the next morning.
The overall journey time will be approximately ten and a half hours in each direction, but this includes a forty-five minute refuelling stop in Irkutsk. The route will be served by Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Picture: View of Wat Phra Kheo from across Sanam Luang, Bangkok ©David Sutton/themangoroad.com
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