Date: 24 May 2003

Thai Airways International has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vladivostok Air. The MOU aims to promote air travel between Thailand and Vladivostok, with the two airlines prepared to sign a bilateral interline agreement regarding the transport of passengers and ticket sales. 

The agreement is a pioneering effort to promote travel between Russia's Far East to Thailand. Nowadays, Russian tourists play relatively large part in Thailand's tourism target, accounting about 8,000-10,000 per year, and it has a tendency to grow. This agreement is consequently a good start for opening a new market in air travel which will lead to an increase number of visitors from far eastern Russia to Thailand. Further discussions with other Russian carriers in cities such as Khabarovsk, Sakhalinsk and Kamchatsky are possibilities. Other potential agreements are estimated to increase the number of arrivals to 20,000 per year.

Meanwhile, THAI will actively promote Vladivostok as a destination for Thai travelers to experience the famous Trans-Siberian railway, the world's longest railway at 9,288 kilometers stretching from Vladivostok to Moscow.  

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