Bangkok Airways will begin flights to Macau in July, becoming the third carrier to offer scheduled non-stop service on the fast-growing route between Bangkok and the former Portuguese colony. The Thai carrier is set to commence daily flights using a new twin engine Airbus A319, which is capable of carrying 120 passengers, on July 4.

The launch would give Bangkok Airways a share of the lucrative and booming air traffic demand of the city. Two operators have been serving the city: the no-frills carrier Thai AirAsia and the full-service airline Air Macau.

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Air Macau will add an extra flight day on the route from Macau to Beijing starting March 31.

Fei Hongjun, general manager of Air Macau said that this additional service will be helpful for development of business, trade and tourism of Macau and Beijing and will provide more options for tourists during the 2008 Olympic Games.

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Air Macau announced that it will launch scheduled flights to Fukuoka, Okinawa, Nagoya and in 2009 to Hokkaido, in Japan, following the lifting of restrictions imposed by the Japanese authorities.

David Fei, the executive director of Air Macau, also said that the airline would have a daily flight to Osaka as of May and that it would like run a flight to Tokyo in 2010.

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The number of visitor arrivals to Macau reached 2,618,823 in December 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 21.1%. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong rose by 26.8% and 2.7% respectively, with those from Southeast Asia soared by 81.2%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 50.6% of the total arrivals, at 1,324,030.

The majority of the visitors came from Mainland China (55.3% of the total), Hong Kong (27.7%) and Southeast Asia (6.7%). Among the Mainland visitors, 47.4% travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 687,000.

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n 2006 Air Macau posted revenues of 3 billion patacas (US$375 million) and transported a record number of passengers and cargo, the company’s chief executive said in Macau Tuesday.

David Fei said that it was too early to talk about results and added that although 2006 had been a good year for the company, “we perhaps have not managed to turn a profit in 2006.”

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Air Macau, the flagship airline in China’s Macau Special Administrative Region, has launched flights to the South Korean city of Daegu, according to a press release issued by the company yesterday.

It said the new route, which was opened Monday, covers four flights every week and is the fourth linking Macau with South Korean cities following Seoul, Busan and Gwangju.

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Comment - The on-going network expansion of Air Macau and other airlines into Macau will be crucial to the success of the current casino and mega resort projects happening right now. Visitors numbers have to double/triple at least to make these projects viable. This means travel to Macau must be by more convinient, that is by direct airtravel and not via Hong Kong and a ferry which can add 2-3 hours on the traveling time. Air Macau is talking about 2-3 years down the line to open lines with Europe, the question now is what about lines with the US!

Fei Hongjun, general manager of Air Macau, told local media that his company will complete their network coverage in Asia in the next two years and will open lines to Europe afterwards. Air Macao will use its fifth traffic rights in Macau and Thailand, and make Bangkok as its transfer station to Europe.

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