Thai AirAsia

Updated 12th Aug 2026

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Thai AirAsia at a glance

• 175flights a day2nd busiest of 7 airlines
• 58routes flown
• 24airports served
• 06:00 – 22:55first 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.

Thai AirAsia is a Thai low-cost airline, flying under the International Air Transport Association (IATA) code FD and using the AirAsia brand.

It is Thailand's largest domestic airline by market share, ahead of the flag carrier, Thai Airways. Its parent company reported a record 43% of the domestic market in November 2025.

The basic fare includes a seat and cabin baggage; checked baggage, seat choice and food are optional extras.

Which Bangkok airport does Thai AirAsia fly from?

Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) is the airline's primary base in Bangkok, and Thai AirAsia has said it operates its full network across all destinations there.

Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) is a second Bangkok base and has carried a smaller, less settled set of domestic routes. Both airports are among the airline's four bases; the other two are Phuket and Chiang Mai.

The Nation, ch-aviation and AeroRoutes reported that Thai AirAsia suspended its remaining Suvarnabhumi domestic routes from 15 July 2026, with affected flights operating from Don Mueang. Those reports said services were planned to resume at Suvarnabhumi on 1 October 2026, so that date remained subject to change.

Whichever airport your booking says is the one that counts: Thai AirAsia has moved domestic routes between Bangkok's two airports more than once.

Thai AirAsia bases and route examples

Bangkok is the centre of Thai AirAsia's domestic network. Its two other bases are Chiang Mai Airport (CNX) and Phuket Airport (HKT).

The Thai AirAsia schedules held on this site include Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Bangkok to Phuket, Bangkok to Krabi and Bangkok to Udon Thani. They also cover pairs that never touch Bangkok, such as Chiang Mai to Phuket and Chiang Mai to Hat Yai.

Thai AirAsia baggage allowance

The basic Thai AirAsia fare includes no checked baggage. You buy an allowance by weight, in tiers of 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 and 60 kg, and it costs more the later you buy it: less before departure than at the counter, and more again at the gate.

AirAsia's cabin-baggage advisory allows one cabin bag plus one small personal item, with a combined limit of 7 kg for the pair. That 7 kg is the total for both, not 7 kg each, and a bag over the limit can be taken off you at the boarding gate and checked for a fee.

What	Size limit	Weight limit
Cabin bag (one)	56 x 36 x 23 cm	Included in the 7 kg
Personal item (one)	40 x 30 x 10 cm	Included in the 7 kg
Cabin bag and personal item together	Not applicable	7 kg combined
Checked baggage, bought in advance	Sold by weight, not by piece	15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 or 60 kg

Sports equipment has its own tiers of 15, 20, 25, 30 and 40 kg, covering golf, surfboard, bicycle, skis or snowboard and diving gear, and one 15 kg surfboard travels free under the airline's Free Surfboard Policy. They are listed in AirAsia's fees and charges document for Thai AirAsia.

AirAsia's conditions of carriage set a 32 kg limit on any single checked bag, worth confirming with the airline before you book because allowances are enforced at the desk. Bangkok Airways is a full-service alternative on Thai domestic routes and bundles its fares differently.

How do I check in to a Thai AirAsia flight?

Check in on the AirAsia app or website before you leave for the airport. In Thailand the window opens 10 days before departure, an exception to the 14 days the AirAsia group quotes generally, and it closes 1 hour before departure.

Checked bags have to be dropped at least 60 minutes before scheduled departure, and boarding gates close 20 minutes before it. Miss the gate and you do not board. With no checked baggage and an e-boarding pass you can go straight to the gate.

AirAsia's own guide to Don Mueang says its domestic check-in there is in Terminal 2, with self-service kiosks and marked bag-drop counters. The deadlines above are on AirAsia's mobile check-in page.

How AirAsia defines its fare bundles

AirAsia's group-level guide defines the bundles below. Check your Thai AirAsia booking for the terms that apply.

• Low Fare: 7 kg of cabin baggage. Checked baggage, seat choice and meals cost extra, date and time changes carry a fee, and the name and destination cannot be changed.
• Value Pack: adds 20 kg of checked baggage, a meal, insurance and standard seat selection, restricted to a designated area of the cabin.
• Premium Flex: 20 kg of checked baggage, free seat selection, a meal, two free date or time changes, express boarding, and cancellation up to 2 hours before departure.

Pick-A-Seat

Seat selection is sold as Pick-A-Seat, in two products: Hot Seat and Standard Seat. Both are priced separately during booking, after booking, and at the airport counter.

The fleet

Thai AirAsia flies Airbus A320-family aircraft. Asia Aviation's fleet table, dated 31 March 2026, lists 62 aircraft.

Type	Aircraft	Seats per aircraft
Airbus A320ceo	44	180
Airbus A320neo	11	186
Airbus A321neo	7	236

There are no widebodies on that list, so a Thai AirAsia flight is a single-aisle aircraft. The A321neo is the newest and largest.

How do I earn airasia points on Thai AirAsia flights?

The AirAsia group's programme is airasia rewards and the currency is airasia points. It was formerly the AirAsia BIG Loyalty Programme, so references to BIG points describe the same scheme under its old name.

AirAsia's group fare page describes points as earned against the fare paid, but quotes the rate in Malaysian ringgit; check what your Thai booking earns. Points also come from the group's partner brands, and bank and other loyalty points can be moved in through AirAsia xchange. Points are spent on flights and other bookings through airasia.com.

Is Thai AirAsia the same airline as AirAsia?

No. Thai AirAsia Company Limited is a Thai company, incorporated on 19 September 2003 and owned outright by Asia Aviation Public Company Limited (AAV), which bought the last 30.8% on 20 January 2022. AAV is a holding company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, and Thai AirAsia is its only current investment.

The brand and the business model come from the AirAsia Group, headquartered in Malaysia. AirAsia X Berhad holds 40.71% of AAV, so AirAsia X's holding is in the Thai parent rather than directly in the airline.

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