Bangkok to Hanoi via Luang Prabang

Loong Air adds Xi’an to Bangkok service

Bangkok to Hanoi via Luang Prabang
Loong Air adds Xi’an to Bangkok service

September 3rd, 2025. Thai AirAsia is launching a new service connecting Bangkok with Hanoi via Luang Prabang, the former royal capital of Laos. Luang Prabang is famous for its many temples, including the sixteenth-century Wat Xieng Thong.

The service will operate daily commencing on December 1st. Flight number FD1038 will depart from Bangkok’s Don Mueang International Airport at 13:55, and will touch down at Luang Prabang International Airport at 15:15 for a fifty-minute layover. It will continue its journey at 16:05 and arrive at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi at 17:15.

The return journey, flight number FD1039, will leave Hanoi at 17:45 and will land in Luang Prabang at 18:55 for another fifty minutes before continuing its journey at 19:45. It will land back in Bangkok at 21:15.

The overall journey time is approximately three and a half hours in each direction, and the route will be served by Airbus A320 aircraft.

Xi’an to Bangkok

Between September 21st and October 25th, Loong Air will operate a short seasonal service between Xi’an and Bangkok. The flight will depart three times a week on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Flight number GJ8907 will take off from Xi’an Xianyang International Airport at 23:10 and arrive at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport at 02:20 the next morning. The return leg, flight number GJ8908, will depart from Bangkok at 03:20 on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and will touch down again in Xi’an at 07:55.

The outbound journey time will be a little over four hours, with the return journey thirty minutes less. The flight will be served by Airbus A320 aircraft.

Picture: Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, Laos by Basile Morin via Wikimedia Commons

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