Bangkok (VNA), March 19 -- Thailand's airlines are wooing Songkran travellers with additional flights and ticket discounts in expectation of strong demand during the annual water festival holiday.

Thai Airways International (THAI) has announced that it will add more return flights between Bangkok and Phuket and Chiang Mai from April 12-16, except for April 14. The extra flights will fly out of Suvarnabhumi airport.

THAI is not alone in attempting to tap into the travel boom during the long holiday. Thai AirAsia has announced the addition of a daily flight from Don Mueang to Chiang Mai and return on April 11 and on April 15-16. The budget airline will add an extra flight from Don Mueang to Phuket on April 12, 15 and 16, and a return flig...