With this new route, Thai Vietjet will create attractive opportunities for followers of Buddhism and for monks as well as residents and guests of Viet Nam and Thailand to travel easily and affordably between Bangkok and Bodh Gaya. — VNS Photo

HCM CITY (Biz Hub) — Vietjet's joint venture airline, Thai Vietjet, has officially started operating weekly flights from Bangkok to Bodh Gaya, India, to meet increasing demand from pilgrims travelling from Thailand to India.

Bodh Gaya is a famous religious site associated with the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in the Indian state of Bihar.

As of October 24, every Saturday, a Thai Vietjet flight will depart Bangkok at 11.30am and land in Bodh Gaya after a three-hour journey. The return flight on the same day will embark at 2.10pm and touch down in Bangkok at 6.40pm (all local times).

With this new route, Thai Vietjet will create attractive opportunities for followers of Buddhism and for monks as well as residents and guests of Viet Nam and Thailand to travel easily and affordably between Bangkok and Bodh Gaya. Flights can be snapped up for VND8 million (US$366/ THB13,000) including taxes/fees, 7kgs of hand luggage and 15kgs of checked-in luggage.

Earlier this year, Thai Vietjet operated this same route from Bangkok to Bodh Gaya during Viet Nam's Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. Thai Vietjet also offered this flight service on the occasion of a ground-breaking ceremony held to celebrate the renovation of the Venuvan monastery in Bodh Gaya.

Thai Vietjet has also operated successful charter flights from Bangkok to tourism destinations in Central Viet Nam such as Hue and Da Nang for a number of sight-seeing and holiday tours.

Travelers can now easily travel between Viet Nam and Thailand's capital city with Vietjet operating three daily return flights between Bangkok and HCM City and one daily return flight between Ha Noi and Bangkok. — VNS