BANGKOK, 13 May 2021: Thai Smile has cut domestic services in response to severe restrictions imposed by provinces across Thailand to fight the surge of Covid infections.
A virtual lockdown is in place in most of Thailand’s 77 provinces, although daily infections are slowing. Daily cases countrywide, as of 12 May, reached 1,983 with 34 deaths. Fatalities stand at 486. Most of the daily increases occur in Bangkok and surrounding provinces. Cumulative cases since March 2020 reached 88,907.
Restrictions vary by province, but airline travel between
Bangkok and the provinces has dropped by around 90% during the first quarter of
the year.
Thai Smile Airways said in a statement released on 12 May
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