TRANSPORTAir New Zealand (%0 2235
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Bangkok Airways (%1771;
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British Airways (%0 2627
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Cathay Pacific Airways
(%0 2263 0606; http://www.cathay
pacific.com)
China Airlines (%0 2250
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Delta Airlines (%0 2660
6900; http://www.delta.com))
Emirates (%0 2664 1040;
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Eva Air (%0 2269 6288; http://www.
evaair.com)
Garuda Indonesia (% 0
2679 7371; http://www.garuda
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Gulf Air (%0 2254 7931;
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Japan Airlines (%0 2649
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Jetstar Airways (%0 2267
5125; http://www.jetstar.com))
KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines
(%0 2610 0800; http://www.klm.
com)
Korean Air (%0 2620 6900;
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Lao Airlines (%0 2236
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Lufthansa Airlines (% 0
2264 2400; http://www.lufthansa.
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Malaysia Airlines (% 0
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Myanmar Airways Inter-
national (%0 2261 5060;
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Nepal Airlines (%0 2266
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Orient Thai (%1126; http://www.
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Philippine Airlines (% 0
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lines.com)
Qantas Airways (%0 2236
2800; http://www.qantas.com.au)
Royal Brunei Airlines (% 0
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Scandinavian Airlines (% 0
2645 8200; http://www.flysas.com)
Singapore Airlines (% 0
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com)
South African Airways
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Thai Airways Interna-
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United Airlines (%0 2353
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Vietnam Airlines (%0 2655
4137; http://www.vietnamair.com.vn)Tickets
In some cases – when
travelling to neighbouring
countries or to domestic
destinations – it is still con-
venient to use a travel agent
in Thailand. The amount
of commission an agent
will charge often varies so
shop around to gauge the
discrepancy in prices. Pay-
ing by credit card generally
off ers protection, because
most card issuers provide
refunds if you can prove you
didn’t get what you paid for.
Agents who accept only cash
should hand over the tickets
straightaway and not tell youto ‘come back tomorrow’.
After you’ve made a booking
or paid your deposit, call the
airline and confi rm that the
booking was made.
Air fares during the high
season (December to March)
can be expensive.Land
Thailand shares land borders
with Laos, Malaysia, Cam-
bodia and Myanmar. Travel
between all of these coun-
tries can be done by land via
sanctioned border crossings.
With improved highways, it
is also becoming easier to
travel from Thailand to China.
See p 770 for specifi c border
crossing immigration points
and transport summaries.Bus, Car &
Motorcycle
Road connections exist be-
tween all of Thailand’s neigh-
bours, and these routes can
be travelled by bus, shared
taxi and private car. In some
cases, you’ll take a bus to the
border point, pass through
immigration and then pick up
another bus or shared taxi
on the other side. In other
cases, especially when cross-
ing the Malaysian border, the
bus will stop for immigration
formalities and then continue
to its destination across the
border.Train
Thailand’s and Malaysia’s
state railways meet at But-
terworth (93km south of
the Thai–Malaysian border),
which is a transfer point to
Penang (by boat) or to Kuala
Lumpur and Singapore (by
Malaysian train).
There are several border
crossings for which you can
take a train to the border
and then switch to automo-
bile transport on the other
side. The Thai–Cambodian
border crossing of Aranya
Prathet to Poipet and the
Thai–Lao crossing of Nong
Khai to Vientiane are two
examples.TRAVELLING BY BOAT TO/FROM
THAILANDYou can cross into and out of Thailand via public boat
from the Andaman coast to the Malaysian island of
Langkawi.
All foreign-registered private vessels, skippers and
crew must check in with the relevant Thai authorities as
soon as possible after entering Thai waters. Although
major ports throughout Thailand off er port check-ins,
most leisure-boating visitors check in at Phuket, Krabi,
Ko Samui, Pranburi or Pattaya. Before departing from
Thailand by boat, you must also check out with immi-
gration, customs and the harbourmaster.