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Bangkok
is Thailand's major gateway. Most visitors arrive through
Bangkok's Don Muang International Airport which is connected
by daily flights to Europe, North America, Asia and Australia
aboard the world's major airlines. Further international flights,
mostly from Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Hong Kong,
land on a less regular basis at the southern airports of Phuket
and Hat Yai and Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. Charter flights
from Europe and the Orient sometimes land in Bangkok, Phuket,
Chiang Mai, Hat Yai and at U-Taphao for Pattaya.
Airports:
Don Muang International Airport Located 14 miles (22km) north
of Bangkok, Viphavadi Rangsit Hwy.
Tel (02) 535-1301 or (02) 535-1254
Airlines:
Air Canada: (02) 233-5900
Air France: (02) 233-9477
American Airlines: (02) 252-3520
Bangkok Airways: (02) 535-2498
British Airways: (02) 236-8655
Canadian Airlines: (02) 251-4521
Cathay Pacific: (02) 233-6105
China Airlines: (02) 253-4438
Continental Airlines: (02) 231-0113
Delta Airlines: (02) 237-6837
Japan Airlines: (02) 233-2440
Korean Airlines: (02) 234-9283
Philippine Airlines: (02) 233-2350
Qantas: (02) 235-9193
Singapore Airlines: (02) 236-0440
Swissair: (02) 233-2930
Thai: (02) 233-3810
TWA: (02) 233-7290
United Airlines: (02) 251-6006
Trains:
The International Express will take you from Butterworth (Penang)
to Hat Yai and Bangkok without a change of trains. There are
also connecting services to or from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
The train, which offers only first- and second-class tickets,
now operates every day. Border delays, which used to be a
problem on the trains, are less frequent. The International
Express that departs from Singapore every morning arrives
in Kuala Lumpur by nightfall. Visitors may stay overnight
in the Malaysian capital or continue north by night train
to Butterworth (Penang). This train, which links Singapore
an d Bangkok, has a romantic appeal and is probably the most
luxurious train in Southeast Asia. The journey can be a long
and exhausting and may be best experienced in shorter segments.
Buses:
The only road access into Thailand is from Malaysia. There
are occasional buses that run back and forth between countries.
The main overland border crossings into Malaysia are near
Betong in Yala Province and at Sungei Golok in Narathiwat
Province
By Sea:
There are no regular steamship connections with Thailand.
Cargo ships calling at Bangkok's Klong Toey port sometimes
have passenger cabin facilities. Cruise ships, such as Cunard's
Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Viking, or Pearl of Scandinavia
periodically visit Pattaya.
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