Thailand-based carrier starting Shanghai flights

NokScoot Airlines to expand presence in nation's burgeoning travel market

Low-cost carrier NokScoot Airlines, a joint-venture between Thailand's Nok Air and Singapore's Scoot, on Tuesday expanded its footprint in China with direct flights between Shanghai and Bangkok.

Set up in 2014, Thailand-based NokScoot already flies to Nanjing in Jiangsu province, Qingdao in Shandong province, Tianjin, Shenyang and Dalian in Liaoning province, Chongqing, and Xi'an in Shaanxi province on the Chinese mainland.