Fifty-seven per cent of Mumbai's Bangkok flights depart after midnight. The midnight bank means a Pune pickup at 5 PM the day before — the most misbooked run we handle.
Doorstep pickup anywhere in Pune · pay after the ride
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For a Bangkok flight from Mumbai airport, leave Pune about 7 hours before departure — 3.5 hours driving, 3 hours for international check-in and 0.5 hours contingency. The busiest Bangkok departure is 12:00 AM, so you would leave Pune by 5:00 PM the previous day. An Orbitmiles cab from Pune to CSMIA Terminal 2 is a fixed ₹2,700 for up to 150 km, including all Expressway and Atal Setu tolls, with doorstep pickup anywhere in Pune and no night surcharge. Payment is after the ride by UPI, card or cash. Book at orbitmiles.in/book or WhatsApp +91 84848 76369.
Bangkok is almost entirely a post-midnight departure. Fifty-seven per cent of flights leave between midnight and 6 AM, and the single biggest bank is midnight itself. Practically every Bangkok passenger travelling from Pune is making an evening run down the expressway on the day before the date printed on their ticket.
Bangkok is almost entirely a post-midnight departure: 57% of flights leave between midnight and 6 AM, with the biggest bank at 00:00 itself. Practically every Bangkok passenger from Pune is making an evening run down the expressway the day before their flight date.
Departure times observed on the CSMIA board across 11-16 August 2026 (42 Bangkok departures). Each row works back from the flight: 3 hours for international check-in, the drive, and 0.5 hours of contingency.
| Flight departs | Check in by | Leave Pune by | Drive |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 9:00 PM | 5:00 PM day before | ~3.5 hrs (traffic) |
| 2:00 AM | 11:00 PM | 7:00 PM day before | ~3.5 hrs (traffic) |
| 4:00 AM | 1:00 AM | 9:00 PM day before | ~3.5 hrs (traffic) |
Note the day-before rows. This is the single most common way people miss an international flight from Pune — a 4:00 AM departure means being on the expressway the previous evening, not on the morning of your ticket date. We schedule the pickup from your flight time, so tell us the flight rather than a pickup time and we will work it back for you.
Give us the flight number, not a pickup time. For the 12:00 AM departure that means a 5:00 PM pickup the previous day — we apply the check-in window, the realistic drive time for that hour and a buffer, then confirm it back to you.
Hinjawadi, Kharadi, Baner, Koregaon Park, Magarpatta, Wakad or anywhere else — the driver comes to your address. On this route that matters: nobody should be hauling luggage to a pickup point in the middle of the night.
The awkward Bangkok departure times cost exactly the same as the convenient ones. A 5:00 PM pickup is ₹2,700, the same as a midday one.
All Thai Airways and other international services leave from T2. The driver takes you to the correct departure level rather than the arrivals kerb, which on a busy CSMIA day saves a long walk with bags.
The midnight departure catches people out in a specific way: your ticket says one date, but you leave Pune on the previous one. A flight at 00:30 on the 15th means being picked up around 5 PM on the 14th. Every year people book a cab for the wrong day on exactly this route, which is why we ask for the flight number rather than a pickup time and work it back ourselves. The compensating advantage is that a late-afternoon departure from Pune is genuinely pleasant — you drive in daylight, arrive at T2 in the evening when the terminal is calmer than the pre-dawn rush, and check in without hurrying. Bangkok is also a leisure route, so plan the vehicle around what you are carrying: dive gear, golf clubs and surfboards are common on this run and do not fit a hatchback alongside two passengers and their cases.
Orbitmiles charges nothing when you book — no advance and no card held. You settle up once you have been dropped at the terminal, by whichever method suits.
Travelling for work? We invoice companies monthly with GST — ask us to set up an account and your airport runs can be billed rather than expensed.
Tell us your Bangkok flight and we work the pickup time back from it. The car is confirmed in advance, and you pay nothing until the journey is done.
The previous day. A 00:30 departure means leaving Pune around 5 PM on the day before your ticket date. This is the most common booking mistake on this route, which is why we ask for the flight number and calculate the pickup ourselves.
Mostly after midnight — 57% of departures go between midnight and 6 AM, with the largest bank at midnight itself and further departures at 2 AM and 4 AM. There are very few daytime options on this route.
Yes, but tell us at booking so we send the right vehicle. Long or bulky sports equipment needs an MG ZS EV or Innova Hycross rather than a Citroën ë-C3. There is no charge for specifying it in advance.
A fixed ₹2,700 for up to 150 km, including doorstep pickup in Pune, all expressway and Atal Setu tolls, and drop at CSMIA Terminal 2. No night surcharge regardless of the pickup hour.
Thai Airways, IndiGo, Thai VietJet, Thai Lion Air and Air India, giving around 49 departures a week. Flight time is roughly 4 hours 30 minutes.
For a midnight flight it is the natural choice — you leave Pune in the late afternoon, drive in daylight, and reach a quieter terminal in the evening. It also avoids arriving at T2 in the pre-dawn crush.