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THAI facilitates passengers traveling on European routes

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20-Apr-2010 Today (20-Apr-2010), Mr. Piyasvasti Amranand, President of Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, said that as a result of volcanic ash, flights have resumed in some European countries where airspace has reopened, such as Zurich, Switzerland.

From tonight onwards the Company will resume regularly scheduled daily flights for Bangkok-Zurich v.v. departing from Bangkok at 00.30 hrs, arriving in Zurich at 07.35 hrs (local time). The return flight departs from Zurich at 22.45 hrs (local time) and arrives in Bangkok at 14.35 hrs.

Additional flights have been arranged for Bangkok-Rome v.v. and Bangkok-Madrid v.v. as follows:

Regular flights for Rome, operating on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday:

- TG944, Bangkok-Rome, departs Bangkok at 00.20 hrs. (local time) and arrives in Rome at 06.50 hrs.

- TG945, Rome-Bangkok, departs Rome at 13.55 hrs. (local time) and arrives in Bangkok at 05.35 hrs.

Special flights for Rome, operating daily flights from 19 to 28 April 2010:

- Bangkok-Rome, departs Bangkok at 01.00 hrs. (local time) and arrives in Rome at 07.30 hrs.

- Rome-Bangkok, departs Rome at 14.30 hrs. (local time) and arrives in Bangkok at 06.10 hrs.

Regular flights for Madrid, operating on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday:

- TG948, Bangkok-Madrid, departs Bangkok at 00.05 hrs. (local time) and arrives in Madrid at 08.00 hrs.

- TG949, Madrid-Bangkok, departs Madrid at 13.00 hrs. (local time) and arrives in Bangkok at 06.05 hrs.

Special flights for Madrid, operating on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday from 22 to 28 April 2010:

- Bangkok-Madrid, departs Bangkok at 01.30 hrs. (local time) and arrives in Madrid at 09.25 hrs.

- Madrid-Bangkok, departs Madrid at 13.30 hrs. (local time) and arrives in Bangkok at 06.35 hrs.

Passengers who are Thai nationals in the United Kingdom needing to travel on a THAI flight via EU countries to Thailand may contact the THAI Sales Office in the U.K. which will assist in coordinating with the Embassy to issue a travel visa through the EU country.

Passengers may call the THAI Contact Center in Bangkok to check flight information and make reservations at 02-356-1111 (24 hours), fax. 02-356-2222, Email: contact@service.thaiairways.com <mailto:contact@service.thaiairways.com> , website: www.thaiairways.com <http://www.thaiairways.com/> , or contact the THAI Sales Offices in Europe in order to re-book travel for passengers whose flights have been cancelled and need to change flight routing.

The Company will waive all fees for changing flight route or issuance of a new ticket from Europe to Thailand and from Thailand to Europe for THAI ticket holders. Passengers are advised that the listing of passengers for travel is based on reservation sequence.