# Thai AirAsia

Thai AirAsia (SET: AAV, Thai: ไทยแอร์เอเชีย) is a Thai low-cost airline. It is a joint venture of Malaysian AirAsia (แอร์เอเชีย) and Thailand's Asia Aviation. It serves AirAsia's regularly scheduled domestic and international flights from Bangkok and other cities in Thailand.

## History

On 12 November 2003, AirAsia partnered with Shin Corporation to establish AirAsia Aviation Co. Ltd. (Thai AirAsia). It launched operations in February 2004 by launching flights from Bangkok–Don Mueang to Hat Yai, Phuket, and Chiang Mai.
On 15 February 2006, it was announced that Asia Aviation PLC (AAV), a registered Thai company, had taken Shin Corporation's 50 percent stake in Thai AirAsia. Asia Aviation was a joint venture set up by Shin Corporation, which held 49 percent of Asia Aviation's shares, while 51 percent was held by Thai investor Sittichai Veerathammanoon.
In May 2007, Thai AirAsia's management acquired 100 percent of Asia Aviation. Thai AirAsia is 55 percent owned by Asia Aviation and 45 percent owned by Malaysia-based AirAsia Group. In June 2016 King Power purchased a US$225 million stake in Thai AirAsia. The purchase of 39 percent of holding company Asia Aviation makes King Power the second largest shareholder in Thai AirAsia. It sold back its shares to Asia Aviation a year later.
Thai AirAsia was once the only low-cost airline operating both domestic and international flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, having moved there in 2007 from Don Mueang International Airport. However, the airline transferred all operations from Suvarnabhumi to Don Mueang on 1 October 2012. On 25 September 2020, Thai AirAsia resumed flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport.

## Destinations

As of November 2024, Thai AirAsia operates or has operated to the following destinations:
| Country | City | Airport | Notes |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport | |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Phnom Penh International Airport | |
| Cambodia | Siem Reap | Siem Reap International Airport | Airport closed |
| Cambodia | Siem Reap | Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport | |
| Cambodia | Sihanoukville | Sihanouk International Airport | Suspended |
| China | Beijing | Beijing Daxing International Airport | |
| China | Changsha | Changsha Huanghua International Airport | |
| China | Chengdu | Chengdu Tianfu International Airport | |
| China | Chongqing | Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport | |
| China | Guangzhou | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | |
| China | Haikou | Haikou Meilan International Airport | Terminated |
| China | Hangzhou | Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport | |
| China | Kunming | Kunming Changshui International Airport | |
| China | Meixian | Meixian Airport | Terminated |
| China | Nanchang | Nanchang Changbei International Airport | |
| China | Nanjing | Nanjing Lukou International Airport | |
| China | Nanning | Nanning Wuxu International Airport | Terminated |
| China | Ningbo | Ningbo Lishe International Airport | Seasonal |
| China | Sanya | Sanya Phoenix International Airport | |
| China | Shantou | Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport | |
| China | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport | |
| China | Wenzhou | Wenzhou Longwan International Airport | Terminated |
| China | Wuhan | Wuhan Tianhe International Airport | |
| China | Xiamen | Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport | Terminated |
| China | Xi'an | Xi'an Xianyang International Airport | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong International Airport | |
| India | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad Airport | |
| India | Bengaluru | Kempegowda International Airport | |
| India | Bhubaneswar | Biju Patnaik Airport | Terminated |
| India | Chennai | Chennai International Airport | |
| India | Delhi | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Terminated |
| India | Gaya | Gaya Airport | Seasonal |
| India | Guwahati | Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport | |
| India | Hyderabad | Rajiv Gandhi International Airport | |
| India | Jaipur | Jaipur International Airport | |
| India | Kochi | Cochin International Airport | |
| India | Kolkata | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport | |
| India | Lucknow | Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport | |
| India | Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli International Airport | |
| India | Varanasi | Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport | Terminated |
| India | Visakhapatnam | Visakhapatnam Airport | |
| Indonesia | Denpasar | Ngurah Rai International Airport | |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | Soekarno–Hatta International Airport | Terminated |
| Japan | Fukuoka | Fukuoka Airport | |
| Japan | Okinawa | Naha International Airport | |
| Japan | Tokyo | Narita International Airport | |
| Laos | Luang Prabang | Luang Prabang International Airport | |
| Laos | Vientiane | Wattay International Airport | |
| Macau | Macau | Macau International Airport | |
| Malaysia | Johor Bahru | Senai International Airport | |
| Malaysia | Kota Kinabalu | Kota Kinabalu International Airport | Terminated |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | |
| Malaysia | Penang | Penang International Airport | |
| Maldives | Malé | Velana International Airport | |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | Tribhuvan International Airport | |
| Nepal | Bhairahawa | Gautam Buddha Airport | |
| Philippines | Cebu | Mactan–Cebu International Airport | Terminated |
| Philippines | Manila | Ninoy Aquino International Airport | |
| Singapore | Singapore | Changi Airport | |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | Bandaranaike International Airport | |
| Taiwan | Taipei | Taoyuan International Airport | |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Don Mueang International Airport | Base |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Base |
| Thailand | Buriram | Buriram Airport | |
| Thailand | Chiang Mai | Chiang Mai International Airport | Base |
| Thailand | Chiang Rai | Chiang Rai International Airport | Base |
| Thailand | Chumphon | Chumphon Airport | |
| Thailand | Hat Yai | Hat Yai International Airport | Base |
| Thailand | Hua Hin | Hua Hin Airport | |
| Thailand | Khon Kaen | Khon Kaen Airport | |
| Thailand | Krabi | Krabi International Airport | Base |
| Thailand | Lampang | Lampang Airport | |
| Thailand | Loei | Loei Airport | |
| Thailand | Mae Sot | Mae Sot Airport | Terminated |
| Thailand | Nakhon Si Thammarat | Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport | |
| Thailand | Nakhon Phanom | Nakhon Phanom Airport | |
| Thailand | Nan | Nan Airport | |
| Thailand | Narathiwat | Narathiwat Airport | |
| Thailand | Pattaya | U-Tapao International Airport | Terminated |
| Thailand | Phuket | Phuket International Airport | Base |
| Thailand | Phitsanulok | Phitsanulok Airport | |
| Thailand | Ranong | Ranong Airport | |
| Thailand | Roi Et | Roi Et Airport | |
| Thailand | Sakon Nakhon | Sakon Nakhon Airport | |
| Thailand | Surat Thani | Surat Thani Airport | |
| Thailand | Trang | Trang Airport | |
| Thailand | Ubon Ratchathani | Ubon Ratchathani Airport | |
| Thailand | Udon Thani | Udon Thani International Airport | |
| Vietnam | Can Tho | Can Tho International Airport | |
| Vietnam | Da Nang | Da Nang International Airport | |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | Noi Bai International Airport | |
| Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | Tan Son Nhat International Airport | |
| Vietnam | Nha Trang | Cam Ranh International Airport | |
| Vietnam | Phu Quoc | Phu Quoc International Airport | |

## Fleet
### Current fleet

As of July 2024, Thai AirAsia operates the following aircraft:
Thai AirAsia fleet :
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers |
| Airbus A320-200 | 44 | 4 | 180 |
| Airbus A320neo | 11 | — | 186 |
| Airbus A321neo | 6 | 4 | 236 |
| Total | 61 | 8 | |

### Former fleet

Thai AirAsia former fleet :
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Replacement | Notes |
| Boeing 737-300 | 14 | 2004 | 2010 | Airbus A320-200 | |

## Sponsorship

Thai AirAsia is one of the sponsors of the Thailand national football team, Leicester City, Queens Park Rangers, the Thai Fight Muay Thai, the Thai football teams BG Pathum United, Bangkok United, Buriram United, Muangthong United, Chonburi, Rajpracha, Police Tero, Chainat, Sisaket, Samut Prakan City, Rajnavy FC, Ubon United, Rayong, Port, Udon Thani, Krabi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Ayutthaya United, Khon Kaen, MOF CUTD, Nakhon Phanom, Loei City, Trang, Phayao, Phuket City, The referee of FAT, Coke Cup and Thailand Volleyball Association.

## Marketing

Thai AirAsia has endorsement deals with the following:
* Mum Jokmok
* Pleumjit Thinkaow
* Aed Carabao
* Nadech Kugimiya

## Reliability and on-time performance

Thai Air Asia was recognized by Cirium as 2022's most reliable airline in Asia. Thai Air Asia had an on-time performance rate of 91.56% in 2022. This was the first year it had won the top position.