Major Shrinkage: The Thai Airways Fleet In 2022
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2022
- The pandemic and resulting travel restrictions have had a devastating toll on the Thai Airways fleet. Previously an operator of the mighty Boeing 747-400 and the superjumbo Airbus A380, the carrier’s collection of aircraft has been significantly reduced due to suppressed travel activity. So, with its big quadjets unlikely to return, what is the current state of the Thai Airways fleet? Let's examine where things now stand with today's video.
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The service on board Thai Airways is excellent. I really hope they will recover from these financial issues and get back to profitability soon.
the service was nice but they corruption by Government
Not only due to the mismanagement but also fierce competition from the LCCs for regional flights as well as the ME3 for Europe-Thailand flights, making Thai Airways is in tough position to compete with other airlines.
I have flown in Thai Airways once from Singapore to Bangkok in an A350. It was superb! I would say it was one of the best services an airline could offer.
Thank you for finally covering Thai Airways; it's easily one of my beloved carriers.
I really do hope they make a quick recovery from the pandemic soon, and continue to deliver on the exceptional service and "Smooth as Silk" flying experience.
It’s not a secret, but the main reason of their financial difficulties is the corruption within the organisation at all levels.
The lucrative routes to places like London and Paris were still loss making, despite nearly all flights were fully loaded and their ticket prices were over the top! Considering their payroll should be among the cheapest, compared to European ones for example, which should’ve created some profitable margins. They couldn’t capitalise because of the ongoing corruptions. TG’s profile is very similar to the good old Alitalia, in terms of golden days back in the 80s and 90s and highly corrupted in present days.
Anyway, I genuinely hope they succeed with their restructuring plans. Their current fleet should help easing down the impact of genuine financial crisis. I also wish they would bring back A380.
Flown on 747-400, A380 and 777's from Thai over the years. The 747 was the pinnacle of comfort in economy with 34" legroom but the overriding thing that made my choice easy was the Thai in flight service. I have yet to experience the 787 on the London route, but hope to in October.
Have flown their 787 PER-BKK, while only a short hop compared to longer journeys, it was comfortable.
The service on my flight from Australia. Last week was superb. It was sad to see many aircraft parked up at the airport , I wish them good luck. Bill.
Even though i’m Thai i have never flown with Thai airways before and it’s been my dream to fly on Thai airways because people said that service are excellence and their food was pretty good.
I thought THAI had many more planes! I saw on flightradar24 one day, that there was only 60-65 planes, which was not what I thought, and I realise now that most planes are parked. Wow.. but also not that fortunate for THAI.
I was up to 100 aircrafts 20years ago. But because of a Govt corruption which also part of operating plan for airways. TG is now in dying state.
@@mkrestuarant ok.
This video was wrong some. a380 is consider to use again
@@AviationADC not on Thai
That’s crazy bro keep up the work
Nice and good information, bro. i hope you could make a video about Garuda Indonesia🇮🇩 sooner or later.
Great video! Could you do Air New Zealand soon?
I LOVE Thai Airways and Walt Theo to survive. I have flown with them on several occasions to Thailand 🇹🇭. Always accommodating and friendly staff
Just flew Thai airways in July from Toyko to Bangkok after flying Air Canada to Tokyo from Vancouver both we're good flights with many transferring to Bangkok flight.First flight a little late but transfer was well taken care off.Had great time in Thailand with my sweet Thai lady stayed 30 days the max with passport look forward to flying back in January
It would be interesting to look at Air New Zealand's fleet, with all the simplification and reintroduction of aircraft they are doing
I’d love to see you do PAL next!
I last flew on the mighty B747 in April ‘19 from Phuket to BKK . I’m glad that I got fly it one last time...
Lucky you! Thanks for watching! ✈️😊
Man Thai is such a nice airline! I hope it picks back up as they were always luxurious.
Thai Airways is the only airline I’ve ever flown and I’ve grown up flying them. It was heartbreaking to hear TG had announced bankruptcy and the subsequent fleet retirements in 2020.
I flew on Thai’s A350 in April and they still have the Thai touch and ‘smooth as silk’ service. Sad to see all the parked aircraft at VTBS on arrival and departure
Flown on 2 of them. A 747 and a medium sized jet i forgot the make but it was from bangkok to shanghai
At 03:05...Bangkok's Main International airport, SUVARNABHUMI is pronounced SOO-WANA-POOM. The letter (I) at the end is silent.
For a non-Thai speaker, it wasn't totally bad. At least they tried 🙂
@@nighthawkvc25a - He gets an A for trying! The spelling is very intimidating but when you look at the phonetic pronunciation, it's rather easy to say, SOO-WANA-POOM.
I've been flying Thai since I was a kid; mainly in TG416 and TG417. #iflythai
We have just booked a flight with Thai for mid 2023 from Melb - Frankfurt via Bangkok
777-300 Business Class.
Looking forward to the trip.
Have flown with Thai Airways before. I hope they go back to profitability quickly.
i flew thai airways just yesterday to frankfurt and i can say the service is way better than in the pandemic (tho i didnt like flying with a boeing 777-300ER instead with an A380/50)
yesterday i flew on Thai airways and the tray table of the plane was super dirty because they didn't clean it and the plane was delayed and the bus was also delayed and the cup-holder was broken and the 787's window dim buttons were broken but them service was good and the pilot gave me a key chain.
Hey can you do which alliance should Philippines Airlinee join cause I'm starting to think it might join a alliance next year or 2 years from now
Flying in to Suvarnabhumi airport a few weeks ago I noticed Thai had been storing their planes on the aprons around the airport, while most other airlines moved their planes to better climates. Now all these planes look old would probably need a lot of work to get them back up to scratch, might avoid flying Thai for a while which is annoying as I noticed they’ve started flying to my city again.
those parked 747, a330, a380, 777s on the apron near the new terminal are definitely not coming back to service. the 747s are all sold, a380s and a330s are waiting to be returned to the lessors, and the 777s are not even relavent anymore. so why would they bother making it look pretty when itll likely get sold and repainted anyway?
@@josefmprable the 777 is not relevant? what are you talking about? It is the best selling widebody commercial aircraft of all time and is still a top choice for international flights
@@Cynsham i mean considering it's age. airlines usually retire aircraft at early 20 years of age.
What is the background music used for this video?
This is definitively the best airline for me, regarding respect, customer service and politenes in many ways !!!
Flew more then four times hope they recover soon
I've never realized Thai airways has no narrowbodies
They have A320 Thai Smile and A320 is a narrowbody aircraft. 🙂
They used to have 737-400’s. They retired the last 2 in 2017
Please do malaysia airlines next🙌
TG use to be one of the best airlines in the world, and one of the 20 largest. The pandemic is not the main reason for the collapse. It is really down to serious corruption and mismanagement.
Are those A380s still up for sale and, if so, where could someone purchase one?
Thai airway now they consider a380 to fly AGAIN
I flew on their A380's in 2019, to Tokyo. It was magnificent, so i'm genuinely saddened that they're being sold. The experience was wonderful. the plane was super quiet and the service was superb. Tourists are starting to return to Thailand and the airline needs capacity to create cheaper tickets and draw customers back in as the country is keen for more people to visit.
Having said that, there is ongoing issues within airline management and the bankruptcy process has made those who lost money on tickets extremely angry; they're still awaiting refunds and may not receive any, if at all, until 2024.
Noe TG had merged Thai Smile with a320 20 aircrafts
Love the Thai livery. So beautiful
I think there A380s may coming back soon because i don't believe those A380s are retired now and i cannot accept that until further news from the airline and those A380s are still stuck in there home country. same thing still with Malaysia Airlines A380s
Please do Philippine Airlines soon. Or Cebu Pacific
Do the Philippines Airlines and Cebu Pacific please🇵🇭
Why is this video banned in some areas?
R. I. P. 747
Some captain come from Royal Thai Air Force "Smooth as Silk" Thai Airways
Happy to see them ordering and receiving the b777 300er I love that plane so much
Thai just announce that they will return A380 for Japan route as Japan just open it boarder, and there are high demand from Thai traveler who want to go to Japan
Can’t wait 😛 to see “How To Start An Airline: Part 6”. Dead 😵 excited 😆 indeed…
Do Garuda Indonesia next.
Just wait and see for the latest updates. They'll do a video about GA fleet.
Cool Video. I hope Thai makes a recovery
It is unlikely that Thai A380 or 747 will come back into service.What will happened to them is unknown.
Someday I want to ride Thai's Boeing 787s.🙂😉
They were close to going bust, the quadjets had to go. Thai has better service than most european/ American airlines so I hope they make a full return to profitablity like Etihad.
sadness for the A380, to see the big bird flying anymore, now air tickets are too expensive to settle for 777...
Fortunately, there are still company who have not made the mistake of getting rid of the A380.
Sadly it seems that corrupt conduct is the Thai way. I can't believe their own government sold its shares in the flag carrier.
They could easily return the A380 into service by offering normal airfares from Bangkok to Europe/USA, rather than the extortionate prices being seen now due to all airlines price fixing and price gouging following the pandemic.
So many people can't afford to fly right now, like myself, but if prices were to return to normal I'd immediately buy a ticket (along with thousands of others who are waiting for more reasonable pricing) aboard TG & their seats would fill quickly. BKK is a hub airport between Australia/NZ & Europe, and they had no trouble filling up their A380s in the past, so they'd have no trouble now. It's a matter of making the prices reasonable.
I like Thai Air Way is the best 👍
bruh the 747s and the a380s still park too but not in service
They has been phased out all of quadjet aircraft like A340, A380 and B747. Also they focus to operate with twinjet aircraft like B777-300ER, B787 and A350.
@@syafiqrizuan5588 yes but a340 a380 b747still park at another airport in thailand some still in the Suvarnabhumi airport also now they consider about to use a380-800 now and a330 is back to service
Thai has a bit of everything, making maintenance a nightmare.
Update 2023 20x airbus a320s 3x a330s 2 more coming 17x a350 and mroe coming 6x b777-200er 17x b777-300er x6 787-8 x2 787-9 1more 789 coming (12x A35A are Solstys 2x A35B are Super Diamond and 2 more coming called A35C that have 33 business class the seats arranged in a 2-2-2
Completely agree with 'whytheworld' if t wasn't for the corruption they would profitable, Alitalia being an excellent example, their 'Thai' wages bill is a pittance by comparison, and they can't make a profit.? Administration and upper executive is sucking them dry. I certainly hope they can hold it together, for purely selfish reasons, I have a 'J' class to CNX ticket held over since 2019.
Philippine Airlines, please? 😊
As Thai I’m very sad 😢
no they have more like the 777-200ers and the 777 non er eddition
Thai airways are amazing and I love their A380 ❤️👌
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You don't need to look any further into Thai Airlines' malaise than the typically panicky and stupid reaction of the Thai government over "covid". A country that almost entirely relies on tourism went full-on medieval over lockdowns.
Clearly struggling for cash.