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Phuket International Airport |
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Text: |
Michael E. Fader |
Pictures: |
Guido Bühlmann &
Michael E. Fader |
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The new
Restaurant with excelent view to the Runway (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
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Our
reporter team Guido Bühlmann and Michael E. Fader spent the winter in
Thailand again and took the opportunity to record airplanes at the
Phuket airport. Guido used a new location in a small restaurant near the
runway. The advantage is that the planes can also be photographed during
take-off. The alternative location is on the beach, which allows idyllic
shots of the landing planes over the beach and also offers some other
motifs. |
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The Mai Khao
Beach (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
The Mai Khao
Beach (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boats on the
Beach (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
(Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
(Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
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Domestic Airlines |
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Six
Thai airlines fly to Phuket. Thai Air Asia serves the
destinations Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Nok Air serves Don Muang, Ubon Ratchathani and Beijing, Chendu
Hangzhou in China, these planes stand out due to their colorful painting
which resembles a bird - in Thai "Nok". Bangkok Airways is the
only airline that flies to Phuket with turboprop aircraft (ATR-72). It
mainly serves smaller airports such as Kho Samui and Hat Yai as well as
Chiang Mai and Bangkok.
Thai Smile ceased operations
at the end of 2023 and the service to Bangkok is now operated by Thai
International. The same aircraft are used, so they still have the
Thai Smile livery but carry the new lettering. Thai Lion Air
maintains several connections to China and only flies with Boeing 737
aircraft. Another low-cost airline is Thai VietJet Air, which is
a subsidiary of Vietnam's VietJet Air. It serves several destinations in
Thailand and, of course, Vietnam. |
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Airbus A321-neo
HS-EAB, Thai Air Asia (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus A320-216
HS-ABO, Thai Air Asia (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-216
HS-ABO, Thai Air Asia (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-216
HS-ABM, Thai Air Asia (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-216
HS-ABU, Thai Air Asia (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
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Airbus A320-216
HS-BBL, Thai Air Asia (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-216
HS-BBL, Thai Air Asia (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-216
HS-BBR, Thai Air Asia (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus A320-216
HS-BBR, Thai Air Asia (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus
A320-216WL HS-CBA, Thai Air Asia (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
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Airbus
A320-216WL HS-CBI, Thai Air Asia (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-214
9M-AFE, Air Asia (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing
737-88L(WL)
HS-DBT Nok Air (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing
737-88L(WL)
HS-DBT Nok Air (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Boeing 737-8AS
HS-DBO Nok (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
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Boeing 737-8AS
HS-DBO Nok (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing 737-8AS
HS-DBO Nok (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing
737-86J(WL)
HS-DBQ Nok Air (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus A320-232
HS-PGW Bangkok Airways (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-232
HS-PPE Bangkok Airways (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
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Airbus A319-132
HS-PPW Bangkok Airways (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
ATR-72-600
HS-PZD Bangkok Airways (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
ATR-72-600
HS-PZF Bangkok Airways (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-232 HS-TXA Thai
International (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-232 HS-TXC Thai
International (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
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Airbus A320-232 HS-TXF Thai
International (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-232 HS-TXT Thai
International (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing 737-8GP HS-LUY Thai Lion
Air (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing 737-8GP HS-LUQ Thai Lion
Air (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing 737-9GP(ER) HS-LTT Thai
Lion Air (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
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Airbus A321-211
VN-A645 VietJet Air (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus
A320-214(WL) HS-VKF Thai VietJet Air (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus
A320-214(WL) HS-VKS Thai VietJet Air (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus
A320-214(WL) HS-VKT Thai VietJet Air (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Cessna 550
Citation Bravo
HS-EMT (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
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International Airlines |
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Phuket
offers many international connections, Singapore Airlines and Scoot
serve Singapore, Air India and IndoGo to Dheli and Mumbai and Batik Air
to Malaysia, the Gulf region is represented by Emirates and Qatar.
Europe is connected by Finnair, Sunnclass Airlines and some charter
lines of TUI Airways and Edelweiss, Turkish Airlines operates to
Istanbul. |
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Boeing 737-8 MAX
9V-MBB Singapore Airlines (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing 737-8 MAX
9V-MBC Singapore Airlines (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing 737-8 MAX
9V-MBI Singapore Airlines (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing 737-8SA
9V-MGK Singapore Airlines (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus
A321-271NX 9V-NCA Scoot (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
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Boeing 737-8 Max
9M-LRC Batik Air (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-251N VT-CIP
Air India (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus
A321-252NX
VT-ILP IndiGo (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus
A321-252NX
VT-ILC IndiGo (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus
A321-252NX IVT-IBB IndiGo (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
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Boeing
777-31H(ER)
A6-EGG Emirates (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Boeing
777-31H(ER)A6-EPN Emirates (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing
777-3ZG(ER) A7-BOF Qatar Airways (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A350.941
OH-LWE Finnair (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus- A330-941
OY-VKO Sunclass Airlines (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann)
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Boing 787-9
Dreamliner SE-RFZ TUI Airways (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boing 787-9
Dreamliner G-TUIC TUI Airways (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boing 787-9
Dreamliner
G-THUI TUI Airways (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus A340-313
HB-JMD Edelweiss Air (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus A330-303
TC-JOK Turkish Airliens (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
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Although
there are very few Chinese tourists on the island of Phuket, several
airlines from China fly to Phuket. These include HK Express and Cathay
Pacific from Hong Kong, Spring Airlines and Junevao Airlines from
Shanghai and Air China from Beijing. |
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Airbus A321-231
B-LED HK Express (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus A321-231
B-LEG HK Express (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A340-343
B-HLR Cathay Pacific (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-neu
B-30CM Spring Airlines (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A320-neu
B-30CM Spring Airlines (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
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Boeing 737-800 B-1719
9-Air (Junevao Airlines) (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus A320-200
B-6941 Air China (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Dassault Falcon
7X
B-8218 Beijing Airlines (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Embraer ERJ-135B
Legacy
OK-SYN (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Embraer ERJ-135B
Legacy OE-101 (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
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Russian
airlines and airlines from former Soviet republics are still well
represented and present a loophole for Russians who want to travel
abroad. Airlines that are represented: Azur Air from Krasnoyarsk,
Aeroflot from Moscow, Ikar Nordwind from Orenburg, Red Wings Airlines
from Moscow, SCAT Airlines Symkent Kazakhstan, Sunday Airlines Almaty
Kazakhstan, Air Astana Almaty Kazakhstan and Qanot Sharq Airlines
Tashkent Uzbekistan |
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Boeing
767-3Q8/ER)RA-73030 Azur Air (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Boeing
767-3Q8/ER)
RA-73030 Azur Air (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Boeing
777-3M0(ER) RA-73136 Aeroflot (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Boeing
777-3M0(ER) RA-73134 Aeroflot (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing
777-2Q8(ER) RA-73272 Ikar Nordwind (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
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Boeing
777-2Q8(ER) RA-73272 Ikar Nordwind (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Boeing
777-21H(ER)
RA-73330 Red Wings Airlines (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Boeing 737-9 Max
UP-B3726 SCAT Airlines (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing 737-9 Max
UP-B3726 SCAT Airlines (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing
737-82R(WL) UP-B3730 SCAT Airlines (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
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Boeing 737-9 Max
UP-B3739 SCAT Airlines (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing 767-332ER
UP-B6703 Sunday Airlines (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Boeing 767-332ER
UP-B6703 Sunday Airlines (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Boeing
767-3KY(ER) EI-KEA Air Astana (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
Airbus A321-neo
UK-32111 Qanot Sharq Airlines (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
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Armed Forces and Police |
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In
addition to the Royal Thai Navy, which maintains a base on Phuket, the air
force is also represented in Phuket, often flying high-ranking personnel to
the island. Another user of the airport is the Royal Thai Police, which has
a helicopter stationed there. In January 2024, our photographer Guido
Bühlmann had the opportunity to photograph the Police Fokker F50 on a supply
flight. |
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Fokker
50 #
27228 Royal Thai Police (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
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Fokker
50 #
27228 Royal Thai Police (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Bell 429 Global
Ranger #3209 Royal Thai Police (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Cessna Summit T-337
Sentry #1316 Royal Thai Navy (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus A340-541
#60204, Roayla Thai Air Force (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Airbus A-320-214SL
#60203, Royal Thai Air Force (Picture courtesy
Michael E. Fader) |
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