This week we are taking a walk down memory lane with a vintage first class trip report. I’m sharing photos and brief commentary from a trip I took in the final days of 2010 and first days of 2011...
Thai Airways May Restore Gas-Guzzling A340-600 To Fleet
If you can’t sell it, restore it? That’s the decision facing Thai Airways. Thai Airways’ A340-600 Problem Five years ago Thai Airways retired its last Airbus A340 aircraft. The four-engine planes were used for intercontinental travel, but relatively fuel...
Thai Airways Excoriates Press, Downplays “Crisis”
Calling comments suggesting imminent demise devoid of truth and taken out of context, Thai Airways has hit back at reports suggesting that it is truly in crisis mode. Twice this week I have reported on Thai Airways, first citing...
It’s Official: Thai Airways In Crisis Mode
For Thai Airways, the path is clear: reform or die. That’s at least the warning from senior leadership to employees. And while recent actions suggest this is not merely a bluff, Thai still lacks a vision for moving forward....
Thai Airways Cancels Six Routes, Concedes Lack Of Vision
Facing relentless competition and pressure to move from loss to profit, Thai Airways will retreat from six routes in Southeast Asia. Thai Airways will suspend service from Bangkok (BKK) to the following six cities: Vientiane (Laos) Luang Prabang (Laos)...
Review: Thai Airways A350 Business Class
My first experience onboard a Thai Airways A350 was a great one. The difference between Thai’s old and new business class product is like night and day. Throw in good service and a decent meal and you have a...
Review: Thai Airways 747-400 First Class Tokyo To Bangkok
The service in Thai Airways Royal First Class is laudably impressive, even on a short overnight flight. That’s my main takeaway from my 747-400 flight from Tokyo to Bangkok. After spending several hours in the ANA Suite Lounge, I...
Thai Airways: We Need To Restructure To Survive
A high-ranking official at Thai Airways has conceded that only serious reforms will save his airline from continued financial losses. Thai Airways President Sumeth Damrongchaitham said his airline needs to restructure in order to “survive” in the “highly competitive...
First Impressions: Thai Airways A350 Business Class
Good afternoon from Guangzhou. I just enjoyed a pleasant journey from Bangkok to Guangzhou and want to provide my initial impressions of Thai’s A350-900 in business class. First, I had a very nice morning in the first class lounge...
Thai Airways First Class: Better Than I Remembered
Hello from Bangkok. I’ve completed the second leg of my trip and was pleasantly surprised at how marvelous Thai Airways was in first class…it has been a few years. The flight left Tokyo Haneda after midnight and arrived in...
Thai Airways Blames Declining Revenue On US – Chinese Trade Tensions
Thai Airways is blaming lower-than-expected revenue on a drop in Chinese tourism, further exacerbated by Chinese trade tensions with the United States. The argument goes like this: In the first quarter, the number of Chinese tourists in Thailand has...
Thai Airways A380 Clipped In Paris
A catering vehicle clipped the wing of a Thai Airways A380-800 in Paris, forcing an expensive flight cancellation. Perhaps the catering truck that rolled up to the Thai Airways superjumbo jet on Wednesday at Charles de Gaulle (CDG) was...
