Siam Seaplanes, Thailand’s first ever seaplane airline, is planning to launch this summer. As a part of the plan the airline has signed partnerships with 60 luxury hotel and resort brands to take the Thailand tourism to next level.
In a recent Interview published by AirwaysMag, Dennis Keller, the Chief Business Operator of the airline revealed that the airline is working on securing over 40 landing sites around Thailand.
Keller also noted that Thailand is among the top ten tourist destinations in the world, and with so much coastline, seaplanes are the premium product missing from the market.
The company founders realised this untapped opportunity and initiated the process of Siam Seaplanes in 2019.
It took two to three years of coordination with the government to ensure that flying seaplanes was a safe and viable option, recalled Keller.
Siam Seaplane took the delivery of first Cessna Grand Caravan recently and is expecting the delivery of additional two aircraft in the coming months. By five years, the airline hopes to have 15-aircraft-fleet. The airline will offer ground-to-ground charter flights and scenic flights initially before commercial launch.
The airline has big expansion plans going ahead and hopes to expand into Indonesia and Cambodia.