Flying to Thailand using Flying Blue points: now there's a new company, and it's the most exotic of them all
As of December 11, there is a new airline connecting Europe to one of the most sought-after destinations for Italian travelers, Bangkok. [...]
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From December 11, there is a new airline connecting Europe to one of the most sought-after destinations for Italian travelers, Bangkok. And it is of all, perhaps the most exotic.
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It is neither a European nor a Thai carrier: Is called Aircalin and is the airline of New Caledonia.. The island, which is a French Overseas Territory (as, for example, is Reunion), is located a thousand kilometers northeast of Brisbane, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, practically halfway between Australia and the Fiji Islands.
Aircalin is a great little company: small because. has a fleet of just four aircraft, great because they are all the latest generation aircraft: two Airbus A330-900s and two Airbus A320 neo.
E Will add two A350-900s to the fleet between 2026 and 2028 of 320 seats in three classes, the order for which was announced last week in Paris at a press conference held by the company together with Airbus.
With one of the two A330neo, Aircalin inaugurated its longest and most ambitious route, which, twice a week, connects the capital Noumeà to Paris, with a stopover in Bangkok.
On the two legs of the flight (which in total takes 25 hours and 40 minutes flying west and 24 hours flying east, including the stop in Bangkok), Aircalin operates in 'fifth freedom', that is, with the possibility of selling, for example, only the Paris-Bangkok route (or only the Bangkok-Noumea route).
Flights are conducted Every Wednesday and every Saturday with A330-900s set up in three classes of service with 26 seats in Business (1-2-1), 21 in Premium Economy (2-3-2) and 244 in Economy (2-4-2) for a total of 291.
Why might this connection be of interest to Italian travelers? Why Aircalin has as its loyalty program. Flying Blue, which is that of Air France/KLM and which in our country has more than half a million members.
Reason being. Expands opportunities to fly between Italy and Bangkok (or Noumea) by spending or earning Flyng Blue program points.
