BANGKOK, 24 September 2026: Thai AirAsia (Flight Code: FD) and Thai AirAsia X (Flight Code: XJ) are gearing up to resume temporarily suspended international routes and increase flight frequencies across multiple destinations.
The latest expansion aims to accommodate the surging travel demand during the year-end high season in the fourth quarter (October to December), offering direct flights to up to 46 cities across 53 routes covering ASEAN and the broader Asian region.
Thai AirAsia Head of Commercial Tansita Akrarittipirom explained that during Q3 the airline reduced flights and temporarily suspended certain routes to align with travel demand and rising fuel prices, ensuring optimal operational cost management.
“We are highly confident that travel will revive this high season, driven by both Thais travelling abroad and international tourists visiting Thailand. For the Indian market in particular, Thai AirAsia will resume operations on six temporarily suspended routes.
“Additionally, our Phuket hub will resume direct flights to Siem Reap, and the Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur route will also be reinstated. As international tourists arrive in Thailand, they can seamlessly connect to our extensive domestic network, which offers the widest coverage and highest flight frequencies in the country,” Tansita added.
For Q4, Thai AirAsia X will focus on direct flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Japan, covering four major routes.
Tokyo: Up to 21 flights weekly.
Osaka: Up to 14 flights per week.
Sapporo: Up to four flights weekly starting 1 October and increasing to seven flights weekly on 1 December.
Nagoya: Four flights per week (starting 2 October).
Furthermore, Thai AirAsia X will operate direct flights to New Delhi, India, four times a week, and to the popular destination of Almaty, Kazakhstan, also four times a week.
Combined, the two AirAsia affiliate carriers will operate a total of 53 direct routes to 46 cities from Don Mueang International Airport during the 2026 Winter Flight Schedule.
This expansive network covers 17 cities in East Asia (including China, Japan, Taiwan, and Macau), 15 cities in ASEAN (including Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Laos), 13 cities in South Asia (including India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives), and one city in Central Asia (Kazakhstan).
Routes resuming in Q4
Thai AirAsia (Flight Code FD)
Don Mueang – Kuala Lumpur: Commences 25 October 2026
Phuket – Siem Reap: Commences 25 October 2026
Don Mueang – Gaya, India: Commences 25 October 2026
Don Mueang – Ahmedabad, India: Commences 6 November 2026
Don Mueang – Guwahati, India: Commences 16 November 2026
Don Mueang – Hyderabad, India: Commences 16 November 2026
Don Mueang – Lucknow, India: Commences 16 November 2026
Don Mueang – Jaipur, India: Commences 17 November 2026
Thai AirAsia X (Flight Code XJ)
Don Mueang – Sapporo: Commences 1 October 2026
Don Mueang – Nagoya: Commences 2 October 2026
(Source: AirAsia)
