E ulu a kaulana ʻo Phuket me nā huakaʻi malihini ʻoiai he nui nā mokulele hou e hana i nā mokulele hou i kēia hoʻoilo. E pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe hoʻomaha hoʻomaha o Australia i kēia hoʻoilo i nā ala hou i hoʻokumu ʻia e ʻelua mau mea lawe moku Australia, ʻo Jetstar a me Virgin Blue. Aia ʻo Jetstar Group ma Phuket me nā alapine i Singapore a me Sydney. E hoʻohui naʻe ka mokulele i ka lua o kēlā me kēia lā mai Phuket a Singapore me ka hoʻomau ʻana i Perth ma Western Australia. E lawelawe ʻia ke ala hou ʻo Jetstar me kahi Airbus A320 a e hoʻomaka ana mai ka lā 15 o Dekemaba, e hāʻawi ana i kahi 7,000 mau noho pule i ka mokupuni hema o Thailand. Ke holo nei ʻo Jetstar i ʻekolu mau mokulele mai Phuket a Sydney ma Airbus A330-200.
E loaʻa nō naʻe ʻo Jetstar i ka mea hoʻokūkū ma ke ala like me Pacific Blue, ka lālā o Australian Virgin Blue e hoʻomaka ana i ʻelua pule i kēlā me kēia pule mai Perth a hiki i Phuket, mai Nowemapa 14. ʻO ia ka Pacific Blue lua huakaʻi honua ma waho o Perth, ma hope o ka wehe ʻana o nā huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā i Bali i Iune.
Ua hōʻoia ʻo Tassapon Bijleveld, ka Luna Nui o Thai AirAsia, i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana ma Nowemapa o TAA kahua hou loa ma Phuket. Wahi a Bijleveld, e hoʻokumu ka mokulele i hoʻokahi mokulele ma Phuket e hoʻokuʻu ana i ʻelua mau wahi honua hou. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo Hong Kong akā ʻaʻole i wehe ʻo M. Bijleveld i ka lua o ka huakaʻi - ʻaʻole naʻe i hōʻoia ʻia e nā luna. "He Phuket-Bali paha ia," wahi āna. Makemake ʻo TAA e hoʻonoho i ʻekolu a ʻehā mau mokulele i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana a manaʻo e hoʻokele i nā mokulele i Ho Chi Minh City, Siem Reap a me Vientiane ma Indochina a me Jakarta, Medan a me Surabaya.
ʻO Airports of Thailand AOT), ka mea nona ka mokulele honua ʻo Phuket, i hoʻolaha ʻia i ka hopena o ka makahiki i hala e hoʻolilo iā US $ 170 miliona i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kahua mokulele piha me nā hale o ka poʻe ʻelemakule. Loaʻa iā Phuket ma luna o 5.7 miliona mau kaʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki a pono e hoʻoponopono hou ʻia e lawe ʻia i nā kūlana ʻoluʻolu honua. Hoʻolālā ʻo AOT e kūkulu i kahi kikowaena honua hou no 6 miliona mau kaʻa, e lawe ana i ka nui makahiki o ka mokulele i 12.5 miliona mau kaʻa. Manaʻo ʻo AOT i kēia manawa e hoʻomaka ka hoʻonui ʻana o ke kahua mokulele ʻo Phuket -ʻo ia hoʻi ke kikowaena honua hou, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka pahu e kū nei a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe jet a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ke alahele - e hoʻomaka i ka hopena o 2010 a hoʻopau ʻia e 2013. ʻO Mei i hala aku nei ke kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka hui lawelawe mokulele ma Hong Kong ʻo ASA Group e hoʻomohala i ka pahu mokulele VIP pilikino mua loa ma Thailand ma ke kahua mokulele.
ʻO Phuket ka lua o ka huakaʻi nui loa ma Thailand me ʻekolu miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Mai Ianuali a Kepakemapa 2008, ua loaʻa i ka mokupuni he 1.531 miliona mau malihini huakaʻi, mai 2.373 miliona i ka makahiki ma mua. ʻO nā mākeke inbound nui loa i Phuket ma 2008 Sweden, Australia a me Korea.
