Thai Airways have announced that the combination of declines in passenger demand and government travel restrictions means it has been forced to suspend all its international operations until May 31.
In a statement announcing the move Thai said its “become unfeasible for THAI to plan and operate its scheduled route network. As a consequence, THAI has had to make the difficult and unprecedented decision to temporarily suspend most of its international operations until 31st May 2020.”
Route impacted include the suspension of flights to Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo (Narita and Haneda), Osaka, Nagoya, Seoul, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, Yangon, Singapore, Jakarta, Denpasar, Kunming, Xiamen, Chengdu, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Karachi, Kathmandu, Lahore, Dhaka, Islamabad, and Colombo.
Domestic flights to Chiang Mai, Phuket, and Krabi will be transferred and operated by THAI Smile.
THAI has previously suspended flights to Sendai, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Busan, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Rome, Milan, Vienna, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Muscat, Dubai, and Auckland.