Thai Airways resumes Bangkok to Xiamen flights from 25 October
Four flights a week will reconnect the Thai capital with the coast of Fujian, a link paused since 2020, giving China's travelers a fresh route into Thailand.
Thai Airways International will resume direct flights between Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport and Xiamen in southeast China from 25 October 2026, restoring a link that has been dormant since early 2020. The carrier confirmed the return through its official channels, listing four flights a week on the Bangkok to Xiamen Gaoqi route.
The schedule runs on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, with Sunday departures set at slightly different times from the rest of the week. On the three earlier-week services, flight TG610 leaves Bangkok at 10:40 and reaches Xiamen at 15:05, while TG611 returns from Xiamen at 16:10 and lands in Bangkok at 18:30. Sunday flights depart later in the day. THAI is using the Airbus A321neo, a narrow-body jet with 175 seats, and the trip takes about three hours and 25 minutes each way. Seats are bookable across the winter timetable, from 25 October 2026 through 27 March 2027, with an average round-trip fare near 330 US dollars.
The connection had run until 25 March 2020, when border closures grounded much of the region's aviation. THAI later moved through a court-supervised debt restructuring and trimmed its fleet, focusing first on its busiest trunk routes as travel reopened. Bringing Xiamen back now fits the arrival of newer narrow-body aircraft, which suit regional Chinese cities better than the larger jets the airline once flew on the route.
Xiamen sits on the coast of Fujian province and is a scenic port city, with the island of Gulangyu among its best-known spots. The service targets both business travel and leisure, reopening a direct connection between the Thai capital and one of China's coastal destinations.
Travelers will have company in the sky. Xiamen Airlines remains the leading carrier on the route with 21 weekly flights, and it holds an interline agreement with Bangkok Airways that links onward to Krabi, Samui, Phuket and Chiang Mai. For visitors, more seats and more schedule choices usually make planning easier.
China remains Thailand's single largest source of foreign visitors, so a restored Bangkok link carries weight beyond one timetable entry. Reliable air access helps travelers plan with more confidence and gives Thai destinations a wider path to welcome returning guests.
For someone flying in from Xiamen, the journey rarely ends at the terminal. Many continue to the islands or head north, and that is where getting around on the ground matters. Balm Rentals works on exactly that part of the trip. The marketplace gathers licensed local rental partners in one place, shows the price, deposit and conditions before payment, and presents everything in the traveler's own language, including Chinese, through its iOS and Android apps. The idea is to make a familiar step, renting a scooter or a car, clearer and calmer, adding to the care that Thai operators and the wider industry already put into looking after visitors.
Anyone weighing the new service can already find it in the winter schedule. With four flights a week and a booking window that runs into late March, there is room to plan a Bangkok stopover, an island stay, or a longer loop through Thailand at an easy pace.
