Air India Express plans to expand its network further by launching new flights from Surat and Pune to Bangkok on December 20, 2024, making Bangkok the airline's 15th foreign destination and 50th overall.

The airline will operate three weekly flights between Pune and Bangkok, with rates beginning at INR 6,500 for Xpress Lite and INR 7,000 for Xpress Value. The flight from Pune to Bangkok will depart at 8.40 AM and arrive at 2.30 PM on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The return flight from Bangkok to Pune will leave at 3.35 pm and arrive at 6.25 pm the same day.

With direct links to nine locations—Bangkok, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, and Lucknow—Air India Express presently has 75 weekly flights from Pune.

Air India Express is eager to increase its domestic connectivity in addition to its international connectivity, and it intends to open new flights to Bihar and Nagaland. The airline will start operating daily direct flights from Patna to Hyderabad and Bengaluru and from Dimapur to Guwahati.

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Aloke Singh, managing director of Air India Express, emphasised the airline's expansion goals while highlighting the airline's strategic drive into Southeast Asia.

“We are connecting non-metro cities in India to international destinations, as well as enhancing connectivity between Indian metros, in a bid to promote economic growth and tourism,” Singh said.

Following its merger with AIX Connect, Air India Express has continued to expand, adding additional routes to Bangkok, Dimapur, and Patna. The airline will now serve 51 cities across India, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia as a result of this expansion, meeting the rising demand for both local and international travel.

At the moment, Air India Express flies more than 400 flights every day and has a fleet of 90 aircraft. The airline's most recent development plan is completely in line with Air India Express's long-term expansion objectives, which include growing its presence in both domestic and foreign aviation markets.