Domestic flights - travel within Thailand

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Thailand Domestic Flights

Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport ( BKK ) operates 24 hours a day. Domestic flights from Bangkok take off from early morning until late evening. Photo ID is required by all travelers. Bangkok Airport hotels for overnight accommodation.
Only flights of Nok Air and One-2-Go operate from Don Muang Airport Bangkok ( DMK ).

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Thai Airways - Full service Thai Airways provides top class domestic air travel in Thailand, offering a choice of Royal Orchid Executive Class or Economy / Coach class. Most domestic flights on main route are with wide bodied Boeing 747-400, 772, or Airbus A-330 or A-300 wide bodied airliners. A few domestic flights are operated with Boeing 737 single aisle aircraft. Normal free baggage allowance 20 kg or 30kg for Executive class. Thai Airways flights from Bangkok to Koh Samui have started, twice daily.

Bangkok Airways - Full service Thai domestic and regional international flights with ATR 72 aircraft or
Airbus A-319 or A-320 Twin jets. Busiest route is to Koh Samui. Normal free baggage allowance 20 kg. Also domestic flights between Koh Samui and Phuket.

PB Air - Flights from Bangkok to Mae Hong Son and other domestic and regional destinations with Embraer 145 twin-jets, Full service Thai airline, 20kg baggage allowance

SGA Aero -  Northern Thailand between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai and Pai Commuter service.

Thailand Budget Airlines

Nok Air- Domestic Thai budget airline operating Boeing 737 aircraft, also offers Nok Plus offering extra wide seats, extra legroom, extra baggage allowance etc. Normal free baggage allowance 15 kg

Thai Air Asia - Domestic and regional Thai budget airline operating flights with Boeing 737 aircraft. Normal free baggage allowance 15 kg. Air Asia has launched a special 100,000 free seats promotion on their flights to, from and within Thailand and Malaysia, also to and from Jakarta.  Travelers only have to pay the taxes, fees, and any surcharges for these flights.

One-2-Go Airlines - Domestic low cost carrier providing in flight service and full 20 kg baggage allowance, operating mainly MD-80 aircraft

Main airports in addition to Bangkok are Chiang Mai, Phuket, Samui, Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, Ubon, Chiang Rai, Hat Yai, Krabi and Nakhon - check with airlines for details and information.

Flights from Northern to Southern Thailand: Thai has a once daily non-stop from Chiang Mai to Phuket.

Thailand Bus Travel

Air conditioned Express buses operate throughout Thailand providing access from cities and towns even to small towns and locations. Bus travel is cheap but if you are on a long journey consider budget airlines or trains. You can travel all the way south to Trang area and travel to Satun to take the boat to stay at Langkawi island Hotels  in Malaysia. Also see Malaysia beach Hotels and resorts.
For beaches near Bangkok such as Cha Am and Hua Hin and Pattaya and Jomtien beach you can use taxi or bus.
To Hua Hin you can also use the express trains ( see below )

Lomprayah Thailand operate good bus and ferry services from Bangkok and Hua Hin to Koh Tao and Koh Phangan

Thailand Train Travel

Trains operate major routes to the North and North east of Thailand and also on the southern route. The train route south serves popular beach areas and stops along the coast in Hua Hin , Bang Saphan and also Chumphon and Surat Thani. From Chumphon ferries operate to Koh Tao and also to Koh Phangan and from Surat Thani ferries to Koh Samui.
State Railway of Thailand provides detailed information, another good guide is Seat61 for travel by train in Thailand  The southern route operates along the coast to Hat Yai and onwards to Butterworth near Penang Malaysia and onward connections to Kuala Lumpur, there is another line in the south of Thailand to Trang. Most trains have 2nd and 3rd class with others also having 1st class, 1st class and 2nd class air conditioned sleeps are ideal for long overnight journeys.

Bang Saphan between Hua Hin and Chumphon