Flights to capital city Bangkok of Thailand

he state-owned Lao airlines said that it will continue flights to capital city Bangkok of Thailand as normal despite the ongoing political instability, reports China's Xinhua news agency cited the Lao newspaper Vientiane Times on Tuesday.The aviation company's marketing director, Sitthideth Douangsiththy said that the ongoing instability in Thailand will not have impacts on its business operations as passenger numbers on Lao Airlines' Vientiane Bangkok flights have not reduced since the demonstrators began in Bangkok last Friday.

Soulasak Souvannasy, Lao airlines deputy marketing director said the airline expects passenger numbers to increase this year without suffering any disturbance caused by political instability in Thailand.In the past two years, the airline has suffered a sharp decrease in passenger numbers due to suspension of flights caused by anti-government protest movements in Thailand and the global economic downturn, said the newspaper.Lao airlines, with operation of eight propeller aircraft, saw a year-on-year increase of 16 percent in passenger number to 47,000 passengers in January this year, said Soulasak Souvannasy.