Asia Atlantic Airlines has made its debut at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport. The new airline is a joint venture between Japanese travel agent H.I.S and Thai hotelier Baiyoke Group. Asia Atlantic Airlines will operate out of two hubs: Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport and Tokyo's Narita International Airport and will first offer flight routes to Tokyo and Osaka, which are expected to be launched later this month. The airline also has further plans to launch flights from Bangkok to China, South Korea, Guam and Hawaii.

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has resumed flights to Dubai, following a 18-month suspension of services to the city. MAS had previously cancelled its flights to Dubai in early 2012 as part of a major cost-cutting programme which also saw the airline cancel its flight routes to Rome, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Karachi. The airline has since been gradually boosting operations across the Asia Pacific region and has launched new flights this year, including flights to Kathmandu, Kochi and Darwin.

Airports of Thailand has endorsed a THB145 million (US$4.6 million) budget to construct a temporary airport terminal at the Phuket International Airport. The new terminal is set to provide a temporary relief with the airport's severe space crunch before the main expansion is completed in 2015. The temporary terminal is set to be completed in December and will be able to handle three million passengers annually. Phuket International Airport was built to handle 6.5 million passengers annually, but traffic volume for 2013 is expected to hit 10.5 million. The ongoing permanent expansion will increase the airport's annual passenger handling to 12.5 million passengers.