Lauda Air suspends Bali flights

Lauda Air suspends Bali flights

BANGKOK: Austria's Lauda Air said Tuesday it has suspended its weekly flight from Bangkok to Bali in the wake of the devastating bomb attack on the resort island last month which killed more than 190 people.

A spokeswoman at the airline's office here said the Monday Bangkok-Bali flights were suspended indefinitely.

Lauda's country manager Watanyu Sirichanya reportedly said the carrier scrapped the route due to numerous cancellations in the wake of the terrorist attack on the Indonesian island.

"Because there were too many cancellations the airline has decided to suspend the service," she told the Nation newspaper.

Watanyu said Lauda would increase flights between Vienna and Thailand from six to eight per week, including twice weekly to the resort island of Phuket, to meet rising demand during the peak year-end season, the daily reported. -- AFP