Thai Air London BKK London

I noticed that Thai Airways are now using the new Air Bus, well from mid April certainly, for the London BKK London - on the night flight from BKK to London and the day flight from London to BKK, the other flights are still using the 747s.

[Dani69]

Think they using the older airbus im afraid.

i beleive its the A340, lower capacity and therefore cheaper

You mean the A380? I did not know that they had any yet.

I did'nt say A380, err! All I said was "Air Bus". Anyway, it is Air Bus A346 according to the Ebookers site.

You mean the A380? I did not know that they had any yet.

They don't.

But then White Desire has never let small details like that stop him posting inaccurate information to these boards in the past.

You obviously did'nt read my post first only a quick glance at it. As you will from the above post, "Air Bus" was all I quoted, I never quoted anything else. You will see from the info posted above to Fattman. I was going to make a joke of it, but I think what I have to say below is a better one.

Nowwwwwwwwwww, I have never heard of you "Romaniaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", and more importantly, I noticed you joined this board on 16 January 2009, and you said I have posted inaccurate information before. Ermmmmm, wonder who this "alias" is?????? Let's leave it to the other board members to work that one out, I know I have.

I did'nt say A380, err! All I said was "Air Bus".

NO! You didn't! You said "new Airbus". Most people are going to think you meant the A380. It is disingenuous of you to claim otherwise.

[Lunchtime O'Booze]

London to Bangkok-by all means jump on the first available thing with wings and get the hell out of that god awful town.

Forget the return trip..what the hell has happened to my favourite city where I had my best fucks ?

Overpriced, dreadful weather and full of miserable looking sods all dressed by the Top Shop or Woolworths before they went bust (sorry White Desire but you know it's true)

I mean a trip to Wales on the once OK BritIsh Rail (admitedly ramshackle at the best of times) cost me a staggering 130 pounds ! Madness !..thats nearly $US350 for a dodgy service which you take your life in your hands-being all those old railworkers who tendered the tracks have been sacked (unionists!) so arriving alive is the luck of the draw.

Hate the place-gone to the dogs.

For God's sake-someone buy me a drink (you need a mortgage to get a G&T on a British train) :pukeright:

You mean the A380? I did not know that they had any yet.

I did'nt say A380, err! All I said was "Air Bus". Anyway, it is Air Bus A346 according to the Ebookers site.

It looks as though you are unable to even read your own writings, for what you actually wrote is:

Thai Airways are now using the new Air Bus :cheers:

Ok, I'm wrong, this is not our "departed regular".

Back to the subject, new, old, whatever, I said "Air Bus", I only said "Air Bus", I did'nt say A380, A340, I'm still only saying "Air Bus". There is only one "Air Bus" that has been recently in the news, sorry media, better not use any double-meaning works, such as "new" in it; "Air Bus" was in inverted commas, which means there was text before and after, get the logic Romania!! Do I need to spell it out?

[Nathan B]

Yes, Thai Airways are now using the A340-600 (so abbreviated to A346) on the LHR-BKK overnight flights. This was originally a temporary measure until March in the face of reduced demand, but has recently been extended through the Summer. The daytime flights are still 747s. These aircraft were originally purchased for the now defunct, ultra-long haul New York-BKK route.

Pros:
-They have video on demand in economy, unlike the 747s (but it's a night flight, you should be sleeping).
-They have 50% more business class seats than the 747s (60 vs. 40). Fully half the plane is premium class.
-They have a 2-4-2 seat configuration in economy, so if you're travelling in a couple it's easy to get 2 seats together without one of you having to wrestle for control of the shared armrest with your unknown neighbour.

Cons:
-The video on demand equipment severely restricts leg room underneath a large proportion of the economy seats.
-The cabin is signficantly smaller in width and height than a 747, and therefore I find it more claustrophobic for long haul flights.

See seatguru.com for more details.

Thanks for the information Nathan.

It's actually the day flights from London to BKK that are using the new Airbus A346, and the night flights from BKK to London.

[Dick]

Of course, if you book with Singapore Airlines you can take the real thing... the new double-decker airbus A380-800 from London to S'pore, and then a connecting flight to BKK. The price for an economy ticket is only a little more than what you might expect to pay London-Bangkok direct. When I flew in November it cost me around ┬г50 more than had I flown direct with EVA. But the service levels on SIA are far and away superior. You'll not find fillet steak on your menu card in 'coach' elsewhere between London and Bangkok I'm sure, (on some airlines in coach you would not even get a menu card!) and despite the 10" interactive movie screen in the seat back, there is ample leg room and the underseat and floor area is completely clear of obstructions. Seats are comfortable and well cushioned, and the cabin a lot quieter than what you may be use to. I doubt you'll object to having paid the small premium. And for those UK travellers who belong to Virgin's Flying Club, you'll be glad to know you can transfer 100% miles to Virgin's reward programme and you get same tier points as if flying with Virgin... more in fact since even on a through ticket SIA treat London-Singapore and Singapore-Bangkok legs as separate qualifying flights. As it happened, I was really glad to have chosen SIA on that occasion as my departure was delayed by the yellow shirt airport protests. I just went along to SIA's office in the tower block top of Silom Road opposite Sala Daeng (where Robinsons used to be), rebooked for free a flight out of Utapo to Singapore connecting with a London flight, and didn't budge from Bangkok until my flight day arrived.

But the service levels on SIA are far and away superior.

Please Dick, some secrets are best unshared. Last flight up to Bangkok, I got sat next to a Singapore Chinese young gay couple on their way up to hit the discos for a wild weekend. Better them than the Dongtan chair chubbies not so fresh off the flight from LA or NY.