Tickets for scheduled service went on sale online late last week for two initial routes, from NokScoot's base at Don Mueang airport to Incheon in South Korea and Nanjing in China.
The airline, a joint venture of SET-listed budget airline Nok Air and Singapore Airlines' no-frills Scoot, will commence its regular Nanjing service on May 5 and Incheon service on May 10, according to its website.
NokScoot will operate three non-stop flights a week for each of the two initial routes, with promotional economy fares starting at B888 for one-way Nanjing service and B2,555 for Incheon.
A business-class seat, known as Scootbiz, goes for B5,555 for Incheon and B3,888 for Nanjing.
Those are net fares only, apart from extras like fuel surcharges and passenger service charges (PSCs) imposed by airport authorities.
In general, NokScoot's promotional ticket price, including fuel surcharge and PSC, is about 15 per cent lower than what Thai AirAsia X, the country's first long-haul LCC, is offering.
NokScoot has been forced to pushed back its launch date many times, most recently from late 2014 to the first quarter of 2015, due to regulatory delays.
The airline had planned to begin operations with flights to Tokyo's Narita airport, but it encountered constraints on the Japanese end.
Incheon and Nanjing, previously not listed as launch routes, were chosen instead.
In October last year, NokScoot secured an air operator’s certificate from Thailand's Department of Civil Aviation. It took delivery of its first 777-200 in November last year and now has two aircraft of the same type.
The two wide body jets were leased from SIA and retrofitted into two-class configuration with 391 economy and 24 recliner-style business class seats.
NokScoot has planned to deploy a third aircraft this year. While waiting for regulatory clearance, the airline has used the aircraft for charter flights to Japan.
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