Internal flights, Air Asia or Thai Airways?

Air Asia is half the price of Thai airways for internal flights. We will be doing BKK - Krabi, then BKK to Chiang Mai. Is it risky doing Air Asia. I have read their planes are old. Getting more paranoid as I get older and have a young child, used to travel ANY airline as long as it was cheap! Any advice? Thanks

Internal flights, Air Asia or Thai Airways?

Air Asia are fine... Did you look at Nok Air?

Internal flights, Air Asia or Thai Airways?

1-2-go are very good and also 1/2 the price of Thai. More impressive than Thai internal with newer planes. Never flown Air Asia.

I guess the fatal crash at Phuket last year of a 1-2 Go flight does lower the likely-hood of another tragedy so soon. Personally I%26#39;ve gone off them a bit.

Yes, thanks, have just looked at Nok Air that has good prices too, however leaves from the other Bangkok airport which on departure could be awkward. Any idea of the price between taxi or bus or whatever between the two airports? And how long it takes?

Orient Thai and its budget subsidiary 1-2-Go have long had a bad reputation for safety. Personally I wouldn%26#39;t go near them, recent crash in Phuket notwithstanding.

Air Asia has mostly brand new airplanes since they%26#39;ve been expanding so rapidly. Where did hear they had old planes? I%26#39;ve never flown in a visibly old Air Asia aircraft. My experience with Air Asia on numerous flights has been extremely positive.

Nok Air is fine, too. Reserved seating, pretty flight attendants, and planes painted up as cartoon birds. Annoying lapses in customer service lately, though.

Thai Domestic often has competitive no-frills prices for popular routes. Be sure to check them online before you book.

georgie70, if you%26#39;re transferring from an international flight, it%26#39;s best to get a domestic flight from Suvarnabhumi. That means Thai Domestic with 3 digits in the flight number, Air Asia or Bangkok Airways.

The transfer to Don Muang costs ca 400 baht by taxi and 45 minutes to one hour. Or bus for 34 baht (number 554 or 555) about an hour, hour and a quarter.

By the way, the safety records of Air Asia, Nok Air, Bangkok Airways and Thai are not significantly different: all quite good.

We just flew Air Asia in mid March. We took it from BKK to Phuket and BKK to Chiang Mai.

Our first flight to Phuket was on a really old plane. The flight was fine though. (Not that the plane has anything to do with it but it was the only flight that was on time.) On the way back to BKK we were on a really new plane. Very nice.

Again, when we went to Chiang Mai we had an old plane and then a new plane coming back.

We spent a couple of extra dollars per ticket and got ';express boarding';. There are no seat assignments, so it%26#39;s a mad rush be the first in line when they call the flight. But if you have express boarding, you are the first group to get on the plane and they save the first few rows of seats for express people. But you can sit anywhere you wish.

All four flights of our flights were full.

We flew Air Asia Bangkok to Phuket on 29th January on an old 737. Returned Phuket to Bangkok on 25th March on an even older 737. My seat was reclined and would not return to upright position. AirAsia (Malaysia) fleet is being upgraded first. Won%26#39;t stop me flying with them again, all things being equal - and certainly price isn%26#39;t. It%26#39;s much less than Thai and Bangkok Airways.

We Flew with Air Asia several times in January and they were absoloutely fine given that you%26#39;re not doing ';long hauls';. Every flight was late by at least half an hour so beware but the price more than made up for the inconvenience. I just planned for being late so if we were on time it was a bonus. Certainly didn%26#39;t feel unsafe and I%26#39;m PARANOID ABOUT FLYING!