Thai Airways International Public Company Limited adjusted its fuel surcharge on international and domestic flights, effective as of 25 June 2008 onwards, due to the increase in jet fuel cost in the world market that has increased on a regular basis.

Mr. Pandit Chanapai, THAI’s Executive Vice President, Commercial Department, said that it was necessary for the company to adjust its fuel surcharge, which reflects the increase in fuel costs due to increased fuel prices in the world market that has risen on a regular basis.  The company has continually made consideration to the impact this decision would have on passengers, which is why the company took considerable responsibility to assist in these increases in order to affect passengers as least as possible.  Therefore, the company has adjusted its fuel surcharge for international and domestic flights, calculated on all classes of passenger travel on THAI flights and air tickets issued by THAI’s sales and ticketing offices worldwide, which is based on the policy agreed upon by the Civil Aviation Department for commercial airlines and includes agreements with other countries, as follows:

International Flights:
1. Impose fuel surcharge rate of USD 60.00 per sector, on the return route Bangkok-Ho Chi Minh City v.v., Bangkok-Hanoi v.v., Bangkok-Vientiene v.v., Bangkok-Phnom Penh v.v., Bangkok-Penang v.v., Bangkok-Yangon v.v., including the return routes between Hong Kong-Taipei v.v., Dubai-Kuwait v.v., Chiang Mai-Kunming v.v., and the route between Bodhgaya-Varanasi.
2. Impose fuel surcharge rate of USD 75.00 per sector, on the return route Bangkok-Singapore v.v., Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur v.v.
3. Impose fuel surcharge rate of USD 90.00 per sector, on the return route Bangkok-Kunming v.v., Bangkok-Guangzhou v.v., Bangkok-Dhaka v.v., Bangkok-Kolkata v.v., Bangkok-Brunei v.v., Bangkok-Hong Kong v.v., Bangkok-Chittagong v.v., including the route between Taipei-Seoul.
4. Impose fuel surcharge rate of USD 105.00 per sector, on the return route Bangkok-Bangalore v.v., Bangkok-Hyderabad v.v., Bangkok-Chennai v.v., Bangkok-Bodhgaya v.v., Bangkok-Varanasi v.v., Bangkok-Jakarta v.v., Bangkok-Manila v.v., Bangkok-Chengdu v.v., Bangkok-Colombo v.v., Bangkok-Kathmandu v.v., Bangkok-Xiamen v.v., Bangkok-Hyderabad v.v., and Bangkok-Taipei v.v., including the return routes between Manila-Osaka v.v. and Hong Kong-Seoul v.v.
5. Impose fuel surcharge rate of USD 146.00 per sector, on the return route Bangkok-Perth v.v., Bangkok-Denpasar v.v., Bangkok-Muscat v.v., Bangkok--Islamabad v.v., Bangkok-Delhi v.v., Bangkok-Mumbai v.v., Bangkok-Kuwait v.v., Bangkok-Dubai v.v., Bangkok-Karachi v.v., Bangkok-Lahore v.v., Bangkok-Beijing v.v., Bangkok-Shanghai v.v., including the routes between Perth-Phuket and return route Chennai-Dubai v.v.
6. Impose fuel surcharge rate of USD 152.00 per sector, on the return route Bangkok-Tokyo v.v., Bangkok-Osaka v.v., Bangkok-Nagoya v.v., Bangkok-Fukuoka v.v., Bangkok-Seoul v.v., and Bangkok-Busan v.v.
7. Impose fuel surcharge rate of USD 185.00 per sector, on the return route Bangkok-Melbourne v.v., Bangkok-Sydney v.v., and Bangkok-Brisbane v.v.
8. Impose fuel surcharge rate of USD 210.00 per sector, on the return route Bangkok-Auckland v.v., Bangkok-Munich v.v., Bangkok-Milan v.v., Bangkok-Rome v.v., Bangkok-Athens v.v., Bangkok-Copenhagen v.v., Bangkok-Stockholm v.v., Bangkok-Zurich v.v., Bangkok-Moscow v.v., Bangkok-Johannesburg v.v., and Bangkok-Frankfurt v.v.
9. Impose fuel surcharge rate of USD 230.00 per sector, on the return route Bangkok-London v.v., Bangkok-Paris v.v., and Bangkok-Madrid v.v.
10. Impose fuel surcharge rate of USD 281.00 per sector, on the return route Bangkok-New York v.v., and Bangkok-Los Angeles v.v.

Due to the fact that the company will suspend its flights on the return route Bangkok-New York v.v., effective as of 1 July 2008 onwards, according to its aviation planning adjustment measures that was implemented to decrease operating expenses that result from the continually rising cost of fuel.

As for domestic flights on all sectors, the company will collect a fuel surcharge rate of THB 850 per sector, excluding the route Chiang Mai-Mae Hong Son whereby THB 600 will be collected per sector.