{"id":777003425,"date":"2023-03-17T14:59:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777003425"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:39:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:39:32","slug":"air-macau-to-launch-two-flights-a-week-to-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/air-macau-to-launch-two-flights-a-week-to-bangkok","title":{"rendered":"Air Macau to launch two flights a week to Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The news comes as Macau aims to increase the number of overseas visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Air Macau has agreed with the operator of Bangkok&#8217;s Don Mueang International Airport to launch <strong>two flights a week<\/strong> between Macau and the Thai capital from March 28.&nbsp;The flagship airline plans to increase the frequency of flights gradually, starting in mid-April, and to offer&nbsp;<strong>a daily flight<\/strong> by May 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, only Air Asia operates flights between the destinations.&nbsp;However, <strong>Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes<\/strong>, the director of the MGTO, has recently said that the MGTO aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-aims-to-increase-number-of-visitors-from-overseas\">increase the percentage of non-Chinese visitors<\/a> beyond the 2.2 per cent achieved in January. Direct air services and links with the neighbouring regional transport hub of Hong Kong are expected to contribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 57,000 visitors a day&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-received-over-57000-visitors-a-day-in-february\" target=\"_blank\">visited Macau in February<\/a>, surpassing the city\u2019s target average of 50,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news comes as Macau aims to increase the number of overseas visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Air Macau is set to enhance direct air connectivity between Macau and Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, initiating two weekly flights from March 28, escalating to daily service by May 15. This strategic expansion directly supports the Macau Government Tourism Office's (MGTO) objective to significantly increase the proportion of non-Chinese visitors, thereby diversifying Macau's tourism base and bolstering the integrated resort sector's addressable market. The initiative builds on strong recent visitor numbers, surpassing February's daily targets.","focusai_entities":"Air Macau, Don Mueang International Airport, Air Asia, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, MGTO","focusai_location":"Macau, Bangkok, Thailand, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for Macau's integrated resorts attributable to the increased international visitor volume from these new flight routes?"},{"label":"Diversification Strategy","query":"How does this expansion of air services align with Macau's broader strategy to diversify its visitor base and reduce reliance on traditional source markets, and what are the implications for gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777003425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777003425"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777003464,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003425\/revisions\/777003464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777003425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777003425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777003425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}