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13-04-2007, 08:55
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Another new low-cost carrier!
According to the Bangkok Post, Malaysia Airlines has started a new low-cost carrier, Firefly, with flights from Penang to Phuket and Samui.
Great for visa runs....if we could still do visa runs.  Last edited by Mr Lucky : 13-04-2007 at 09:02. 
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13-04-2007, 13:41
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Old news Mr Lucky>>>>>
http://www.phuket-info.com/forums/ac...hlight=firefly Daily flights until 15June Penang - Phuket Depart Arrive 14:20 14:40 Phuket - Penang Depart Arrive 15:30 17:40 Penang - Koh Samui Depart Arrive 11:30 12:00 Koh Samui - Penang Depart Arrive 12:20 14:50
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13-04-2007, 15:25
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Indeed!! I feel as if I've been banished from the kingdom!!  And for what? The high crime of being a farang in LOS for 90 days. 
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13-04-2007, 17:50
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What happened to you? I take it you had a Visa problem? 
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13-04-2007, 20:15
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Hi, Guys!
I'm in Penang right now doing a visa-run, and just bought a ticket Penang-Koh Samui from "Firefly" today! I bought it directly from Malaysian Airlines head office, but it can now also be bought and booked directly from Internet! 1 1/2 hour in the air instead of 2 hard days (incl one 1 overnight in Hat Yai) on a uncomfortable minibus, big bus and ferry!  They started to fly to Phuket today 13 of april and they will start to fly to Samui from 15 of april. Price for the ticket was only 39 RM (about 400 baht), but then all the extra fees, insurance and airport-tax finally adds up to 190 RM (about 2000 baht). Which is still a very reasonble price!  Plahgat
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13-04-2007, 23:00
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Woops! I just assumed since it was presented as 'news' in today's Bangkok Post, gosh, it must be a real important, 'breaking' story. I'll never be able to trust that paper again!
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15-04-2007, 21:21
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Well, the "breaking news" was that they started to fly to Phuket and Thailand on 13 of april, although the airline started to operate it's domestic routes in Malaysia already on 2 of April, which some members in here had noticed already!  So you can still trust BKK Post, at least when it's about Thai news! Plahgat
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17-04-2007, 11:08
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Bad timing, deceitful pricing.
Lousy timing and bait & switch pricing ("Free" or 39 RM). With all the junk fees and the 700 baht departure ransom and similar Malysian rip-off airport tax it gets quite expensive, about 100 Euro each way. And due to the unfortunate schedule you'll end up spending 2 nights in Penang at about 1000 baht each.
Until they have an early morning flight from HKT, and a late afternoon departure from Penang I'm better off taking buses via HatYai. Just wish there was a ferry/cruiseship Phuket-Lankawi-Penang. But getting one going takes too much creativity, the usual tourist operators only push the same old stuff: hotels, airplanes and buses. Since nobody seems to read trade papers here they don't know that cruise ship tourism is the only growth sector in the biz.... Why does Andaman Club not put their gambling ship back into service? Note: Carnival Cruises has a 2x weekly 2 day cruise from LA to Ensenada (BC, Mexico, ~ 160 nautical miles) often used by visa runners for ~USD 75. Quite successful. Cruise, eat, gamble, sleep, get your passport stamped in San Pedro and back to work/school Monday morning. Quote:
Last edited by AngloTeuton : 17-04-2007 at 11:11.
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