However, THAI’s round-trip flights on the Bangkok-Lahore and Bangkok-Islamabad routes remain cancelled, the national carrier said in a statement on Monday.
Pakistani airspace is currently open, but with limitations to routes into both Lahore and Islamabad, said THAI president Sumeth Damrongchaitham.
THAI will operate round-trip flights on the Bangkok-Karachi route via a mix of regularly scheduled flights and special flights, as follows:
1. Regular flights operate on March 4, using Airbus A330-300 aircraft, with the capacity to carry 598 passengers per round trip.
- Flight TG341 from Bangkok-Karachi departed from Bangkok at 6.50pm and is expected to arrive in Karachi at midnight (local time).
- Return flight TG342 from Karachi-Bangkok departs from Karachi on March 5 at 1.10am (local time) and is expected to arrive in Bangkok at 9.30am.
2. An additional two special flights will be operated today and tomorrow, using Boeing 777-200 ER aircraft, with the capacity to carry 1,168 passengers per round trip:
On March 4:
- Flight TG3419 from Bangkok-Karachi departs at 8pm and is expected to arrive in Karachi at 1.10am (local time).
- Return flight TG3429 from Karachi-Bangkok departs at 2.20am (local time, Tuesday) and is expected to arrive in Bangkok at 10.40am.
On March 5:
- Flight TG3419 from Bangkok-Karachi departs at 10am and is expected to arrive in Karachi at 2.55pm (local time).
- Return flight TG3429 from Karachi-Bangkok departs at 4.20pm (local time) and is expected to arrive in Bangkok at 12.30am (next day).