Air travel in Thailand has been very cost effective over the past years since a low cost carrier
(LCC) has offered services in December 2004. The number of AOT passengers carried by
LCC went up from 4.54 million passengers in 2005 to 11.54 million passengers in 2009.
LCC traffic, in a fast growing rate, also gained a market share of overall AOT passenger
traffic from 9 percent in 2005 to 21 percent in 2009.
In the year 2009, there were totally 17 LCCs operating at AOT airports. The following table
showed the number of scheduled route services offered by LCCs.