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Destination Air Shuttle, Thailand’s only seaplane shuttle service will officially take off with its first commercial flights from Phuket International Airport to Phi Phi, Koh Lanta and Krabi on Thursday, 1st of February 2007.

In a familiarization flight scheduled today, Destination Air Shuttle welcomed on board the general managers of various hotels and resorts in Phuket and other islands in the Andaman coast. This familiarization flight allowed the hoteliers to gain a first hand experience of the accessibility, comfort, safety and reliability that the new seaplane shuttle service is ready to offer to their hotel guests.

Beginning on Thursday, Destination Air Shuttle will offer 12 flights per day, leaving approximately every 2 hours starting from 7 a.m. taking off at Phuket International Airport to Phi Phi Island, Krabi and Koh Lanta. Further landing locations are planned for Similans, Koh Racha, and Khao Lak. This significantly reduces the travel time to these resort destinations from the usual half day overland trip to less than 13 minutes to Koh Phi Phi, 20 minutes to Krabi, and 30 minutes to Koh Lanta giving better accessibility in the region. It also enables resorts to offer year-round safe and reliable transportation to their guests.

Destination Air Shuttle departs directly from Phuket International Airport and lands directly on the waterfront of most major hotel resorts. As the only seaplane shuttle service in Thailand, guests can expect Service Reliability by reserving their flights on Destination Air through travel agents or directly through the Destination Air Shuttle website (). Upon arrival, guests will connect directly in the Airport Terminal.

Passengers will board one of Destination Air Shuttle’s passenger amphibian aircraft that take off from the runway and land in front of their island resort destination. Destination Air Shuttle’s fleet includes Cessna 208 and 206 aircraft, which are rated as the safest aircraft in the world. Aircraft are flown by experienced international pilots individually selected for their many years of safe flight experience and friendly customer service capabilities.

For information on phuket flight schedules, island flights, excursions, routes and ticket prices, visit .

About Destination Air Co., Ltd. | Destination Air Co., Ltd. is the owner and sole operator of Destination Air Shuttle (DAS) – Thailand’s only seaplane shuttle service based at Phuket International Airport that flies to various destinations in the Andaman Sea. It is a member of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). DAS is headquartered at Phuket International Airport, 22/9 Airport Road, Maikhao, Aumphur Talang, Phuket 83110 Tel + 667 632 8638 Fax + 667 632 8598. More details can be found at

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Mr. Amante C. Amante Jr. / +667 632 8638 / +668 9675 6474 / [email protected]

Amante C. Amante Jr
Director of Corporate Communications
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