BANGKOK; Thai Airways International has cancelled six flights between Bangkok and Taiwan on Friday (October 23) as Typhoon Champi disrupts aviation across the island.
The cancellations affect services between Bangkok and both Taipei and Kaohsiung, the airline announced in a flight cancellation notice.
Typhoon Champi has brought strong winds and heavy rain to Taiwan, prompting widespread flight disruption. Taiwan cancelled hundreds of domestic and international flights as the storm approached, despite forecasts indicating it would not make a direct landfall.
Thai Airways cancelled four flights on the Bangkok-Taipei route on October 23.
Flight TG632, from Bangkok to Taipei, scheduled for 8.15am to 1.05pm, has been cancelled, along with return flight TG633, scheduled from Taipei to Bangkok from 2.05pm to 4.50pm.
Flight TG634, from Bangkok to Taipei, scheduled for 12.40pm to 5.20pm, has also been cancelled, as has TG635, from Taipei to Bangkok, scheduled for 6.50pm to 9.35pm.
Two flights between Bangkok and Kaohsiung have also been cancelled.
Flight TG630, from Bangkok to Kaohsiung, was scheduled to operate from 11.45am to 4.15pm, while return flight TG631 was due to depart Kaohsiung at 5.15pm and arrive in Bangkok at 7.55pm. - The Nation/ANN
