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Category Archives: thai airways

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The End Of First Class On Thai Airways?

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 19, 2022November 19, 2022 29 Comments

While Thai Airways is still selling first class tickets on at least two routes, I do wonder what kind of first class experience it can offer if its first class lounge and spa are permanently closed. Permanent Closure Of...

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Review: Thai Royal Orchid Lounge Bangkok (BKK)

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 21, 2021December 21, 2021 15 Comments
Thai Royal Orchid Lounge Bangkok Review

After checking in for my Singapore Airlines flight, I visited one of the only lounges currently open in Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, the Thai Airways Royal Orchid Lounge in the E Gate area. Thai Royal Orchid Lounge Bangkok Review (BKK) While...

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In Memoriam: Thai Airways First Class

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 12, 2021February 12, 2021 11 Comments

I’m really going to miss Thai Airways First Class, one of the most well-rounded and aspirationally achievable first class products. Thai Airways Cuts 747-400 + A380 – The End Of First Class? This week, Thai announced that it will...

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Thai Airways Lists Entire 747 Fleet For Sale. Is This The End Of First Class On Thai?

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 5, 2020November 5, 2020 5 Comments
Thai Airways 747 Sale

Thai Airways has just listed its entire Boeing 747 fleet for sale along with several other aircraft. This move may not only mark the end of the Queen of the Skies for Thai Airways, but the end of first...

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Thai Airways Faces A Momentous Dilemma

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 21, 2020April 21, 2020 18 Comments
Thai Airways 2020 Bailout

Thai Airways is in another fight for survival. As usual, the question is less about whether the airline will survive and more about how the airline should be transformed. It’s a momentous dilemma for the Thai flag carrier. Losses...

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Ouch: Thai Airways A330 Rips Off Tail Of Private Jet

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 10, 2020March 10, 2020 5 Comments
Thai Airways A330 Collision

A Thai Airways Airbus A330-300 jet ripped off the tail of a Gulfstream IV jet in Laos, rendering both aircraft unserviceable. The accident occurred yesterday as TG575 was preparing to depart from Vientiane (VTE) to Bangkok (BKK). During initial...

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Shameful Thai Airways Fat Shames Passengers Out Of Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 19, 2020February 19, 2020 42 Comments
Thai Airways Fat Shaming

This story just make me shake my head in disbelief. Thai Airways Denies Business Class Seats To Three Passengers After Humiliating Them Huhana Iripa travelled with her two daughters, Renell and Tere, from Auckland to Bangkok so that the...

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Vintage Review: Thai Airways 747-400 First Class Bangkok To Beijing

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 13, 2020May 17, 2020 7 Comments
Thai Airways First Class 2011

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...

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Thai Airways May Restore Gas-Guzzling A340-600 To Fleet

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 4, 2019November 4, 2019 17 Comments
Thai Airways A340-600

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...

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Thai Airways Excoriates Press, Downplays “Crisis”

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 25, 2019October 25, 2019 7 Comments
Thai Airways Crisis Mode

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...

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It’s Official: Thai Airways In Crisis Mode

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 24, 2019October 23, 2019 15 Comments
Thai Airways Crisis

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....

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Thai Airways Cancels Six Routes, Concedes Lack Of Vision

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 22, 2019October 22, 2019 12 Comments
Thai Airways Strategy

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)...

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Review: Thai Airways A350 Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 19, 2019May 31, 2020 8 Comments
Thai Airways A350 Business Class Review

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...

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Review: Thai Airways 747-400 First Class Tokyo To Bangkok

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 16, 2019May 10, 2020 14 Comments
Thai Airways 747-400 First Class Review

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...

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Thai Airways: We Need To Restructure To Survive

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 30, 2019July 30, 2019 9 Comments
Thai Airways 2019 Restructure

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...

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First Impressions: Thai Airways A350 Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 10, 2019July 10, 2019 8 Comments
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...

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Thai Airways First Class: Better Than I Remembered

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 9, 2019July 9, 2019 10 Comments
Thai 747 First Class

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...

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Thai Airways Blames Declining Revenue On US – Chinese Trade Tensions

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 18, 2019June 18, 2019 6 Comments

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...

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Thai Airways A380 Clipped In Paris

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 18, 2019 2 Comments
Thai Airways A380 Paris Accident

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...

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Thai Airways Fails To Innovate, Loses Big Again

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 4, 2019March 4, 2019 17 Comments

It is no surprise that after promising profits for 2018, Thai Airways ended up losing far more than expected. This is Thai Airways after all, where there remains eternal optimism in king and insanity. While Thailand is still mourning...

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