Nok Air

Updated 12th Aug 2026

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Nok Air at a glance

• 60flights a day6th busiest of 7 airlines
• 28routes flown
• 15airports served
• 06:00 – 21:35first and last00061218

Checked baggage included with the fares we recorded: 15 kg. Airlines sell more; this is what the cheapest fares carried.

Collected between 7 August 2026 and 22 August 2026. Not live — check with the airline before booking.

Nok Air is a Thai low-cost carrier, International Air Transport Association (IATA) code DD, flying from Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) in Bangkok. It trades as Nok Airlines Public Company Limited, and its fleet page lists one aircraft type, the Boeing 737-800. Baggage and fare rules can change, so check them again when you book.

What a Nok Air ticket includes

Nok Air sells three ticket types: Nok Lite, Nok X-tra and Nok MAX. The clearest difference is the free checked baggage, and meals and change conditions differ too; the carry-on rule and the 31 inches of legroom on the Boeing 737-800 are the same on all three.

Ticket type	Domestic	Domestic, Nok Smile Plus member	International	International, Nok Smile Plus member
Nok Lite	0 kg	10 kg	0 kg	10 kg
Nok X-tra	15 kg	25 kg	20 kg	30 kg
Nok MAX	25 kg	35 kg	30 kg	40 kg

The Nok Smile Plus columns are a loyalty tier's higher allowance, not a fourth ticket type. A hot meal on board comes with Nok MAX, booked at least 48 hours ahead. Nok Lite and Nok X-tra can be changed up to 24 hours before the original departure and Nok MAX up to 3 hours before, with a fee in each case, and a Nok Lite ticket cannot be used to change route.

A standard Nok Lite ticket includes no checked baggage, domestic or international; Nok Smile Plus members get 10 kg. Extra allowance, which Nok Air calls Nok Baggage, has to be bought at least 24 hours before departure; after that, the airport counter's own rate applies.

For domestic flights from Don Mueang, compare Nok Air with Thai Lion Air and Thai AirAsia; each has its own baggage terms. Nok Air tickets can be bought on its website and app, by phone, at an airport sales booth, and in cash at 7-Eleven Counter Service and SE-ED Book Center.

Nok Air baggage allowance

These rules apply whichever ticket you hold; the free allowance is in the table above.

Carry-on baggage

Nok Air allows two pieces in the cabin: one carry-on bag not exceeding 36 x 56 x 23 cm, plus one small personal item such as a handbag or a laptop bag. The combined weight must not exceed 7 kg, and both have to fit under the seat in front or in the overhead locker. The airline's FAQ adds that the personal item must not exceed 40 x 15 x 30 cm.

Checked baggage rules

Each piece of checked baggage must not exceed 30 kg, and extra allowance has to be bought at least 24 hours before departure. Items needing special handling are assessed and charged separately: bicycles, golf equipment, wakeboards, archery and fishing equipment, guitars, drums, keyboards, televisions, computers, and anything over 40 cm long, 75 cm wide or 50 cm thick. Each of those, packaging included, must not exceed 30 kg either.

Baggage left unclaimed for three months may be disposed of, or three days for food and perishables, and a bag that has not arrived within 14 days is declared lost. Nok Air's own baggage information page carries the current figures.

Where Nok Air flies

Nok Air's own network page lists 15 domestic destinations besides its Don Mueang base as at August 2026, weighted towards the south and the north east. It groups them as north (Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Mae Sot, Nan), north east (Sakon Nakhon, Udon Thani, Ubon Ratchathani), central (Phitsanulok) and south: Trang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phuket, Surat Thani, Hat Yai, Krabi and Chumphon.

Bangkok routes with Nok Air flights on this site include Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Bangkok to Phuket, Bangkok to Hat Yai, Bangkok to Udon Thani and Bangkok to Krabi.

International flights and the 2025 regulator suspension

On 29 August 2025 the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) ordered Nok Air to suspend its international flight operations and barred it from adding domestic or international routes, citing safety deficiencies recorded between 2023 and 2025. CAAT said the airline had to resolve those deficiencies before the suspension could be lifted.

The airline's network page lists one international destination, Hyderabad in India. A schedule filing reported on 11 August 2026 has Don Mueang to Hyderabad due to resume on 14 October 2026, flown by a Boeing 737-800. That is a filed schedule rather than a service running now.

Anyone booking an international Nok Air flight should confirm the current position with the airline before paying. Neither the 2025 order nor the 2026 filing says what is operating today.

Fly'n'Ferry and Fly'n'Ride connections from Nakhon Si Thammarat

Both are booked with the flight.

• Fly'n'Ferry to Koh Samui, Koh Tao and Koh Phangan, run by Lom Phraya Speedboat. Pick-up is its counter on the first floor of the New Passenger Terminal, opposite the arrivals hall. Book at least 4 hours ahead and be there 15 to 30 minutes before departure.
• Fly'n'Ride by van to Donsak, for the Raja Ferry Port in Surat Thani, run by Nichathan from the same terminal before exit gate 3. It runs on Nok Air's Bangkok to Nakhon Si Thammarat flights, takes about 1 hour 40 minutes, and has to be booked at least 3 hours ahead.

How do I check in to a Nok Air flight?

Online and app check-in

Nok Air's check-in windows differ by channel and, at the airport, by which authority runs the airport. You can check in on the Nok Air website or in its app from 24 hours before departure.

Channel	Domestic opens	Domestic closes	International
Web	24 hours before	1 hour before	not available
Mobile app	24 hours before	45 minutes before	not available
Airport counter, Airports of Thailand (AOT) airports	2 hours before	45 minutes before	opens 3 hours, closes 1 hour before
Airport counter, Department of Airports airports	2 hours before	30 minutes before	opens 3 hours, closes 1 hour before

Web and mobile check-in do not work for an international flight, so an international passenger goes to the counter. Web, mobile and telephone check-in are also unavailable to pregnant passengers, passengers travelling with an infant, physically challenged passengers and those with special needs, and to bookings of more than 9 guests.

Airport check-in

At Don Mueang, domestic check-in is on the 3rd floor of Terminal 2 and international check-in is on the 3rd floor of Terminal 1. Nok Air's check-in guidance gives a 45-minute cutoff for these Airports of Thailand locations: Don Mueang, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai and Hat Yai. It gives a 30-minute cutoff for these Department of Airports locations: Nan Nakhon, Mae Sot, Phitsanulok, Udon Thani, Ubon Ratchathani, Sakon Nakhon, Krabi, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Trang.

The Department of Airports counters therefore cut off later, not earlier. The boarding gate closes 20 minutes before departure, and Nok Air asks passengers to be at the gate 40 minutes before at AOT airports and 30 minutes before at Department of Airports ones.

The Nok Air lounge at Don Mueang

The Nok Air lounge is in Don Mueang's domestic terminal, Terminal 2, between gates 41 to 46 and gates 50 to 56. It opens daily 04:00 to 20:00, though the airline notes hours can vary with the seasonal schedule, and access starts 3 hours before boarding.

It is for Nok MAX boarding passes, Nok Fan Club Nok Smile members once a year and Nok Smile Plus members; passengers not travelling with Nok Air can buy entry. The airline states the food is non-halal, non-vegetarian, non-vegan and non-alcoholic.

The aircraft Nok Air flies

Nok Air's fleet page lists one aircraft type, the Boeing 737-800, configured with 189 seats and listed there with free on-board wifi. Legroom is 31 inches, the same on every ticket type.

Seats and on-board service

Choosing a seat

The Boeing 737-800 has three seat products: Nok Premium Seat Front Row at the front of the cabin; Nok Premium Seat, the forward rows and the emergency exit rows, which carries priority check-in, priority boarding and priority baggage; and Nok Happy Seat, the rest of the cabin.

Seats can be chosen on the website up to 4 hours before departure, in the app from 12 hours to 45 minutes before, and at the airport from 2 hours to 45 minutes before. Once chosen, a seat cannot be changed. Whether it is included or charged for depends on the ticket, so check at booking.

Meals and drinks

On-board service has to be booked at least 48 hours ahead and is subject to regional availability. Booking or changing a trip inside 48 hours means no meal on board and no refund for it.

Meals and drinks are not available on cross-regional routes, or on the first flight of the day from a regional destination back to Don Mueang.

Business rehabilitation and the 2025 delisting

In January 2025 The Nation reported that Nok Air was in business rehabilitation under Thailand's Central Bankruptcy Court, and that the plan, first due to conclude by 30 July 2026, had been extended by a year to six years in total from the court's approval date. The airline was delisted from the Stock Exchange of Thailand on 9 January 2025.

Shareholding at that date was reported as 74.96% Jurangkool family and 8.91% Thai Airways International, a minority stake rather than a controlling one.

The Nok Fan Club loyalty programme

The Nok Fan Club is Nok Air's loyalty programme, a lifetime membership unless the member ends it. Under the rules set for travel from 17 February 2025, members earn 1 Nok Point for every 5 baht of air fare on flights Nok Air operates.

Of its four tiers, the one that changes what you can pack is Nok Smile Plus, at 15,000 points a year: 10 kg more checked allowance on every ticket type, plus premium seat selection, priority check-in at Don Mueang, priority boarding, priority baggage and lounge access. Nok Smile, at 9,000 points a year, gets priority check-in at Don Mueang and one lounge visit a year.

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