Clipped wings: Aircraft grounded at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports [PHOTOS]

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Clipped wings

 

 

Plenty of grounded aircraft can be seen at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports after a steep fall in the number of flights due to the Covid-19 situation in Thailand and other countries worldwide.

 

Thailand's total number of Covid-19 patients on Saturday (March 28) rose to 1,245 with 109 new cases, while total deaths were six.

 

On Friday (March 27), Thai AirAsia announced that it would suspend its domestic service from April 1 to 30, while passengers can change their flights with no limit.

 

Thai Airways International (THAI) had earlier announced that it was suspending flights to 30 world cities in March and eight European cities from April 1.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30385004

 

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[tso310]

Aircraft spotters delight. Still old Thai (A340-500s and some A330s) and Orient Thai at Don Muang. Thais A340-600 are at U-Tapao so quite a few parking spaces taken up by junk.

[147SAG]

Good time to do some maintance on them all.

[djayz]

4 minutes ago, 147SAG said:

Good time to do some maintance on them all.

But not broken, why waste time do maintance? ????

[billd766]

3 hours ago, djayz said:

But not broken, why waste time do maintance? ????

Because they will need maintenance before they fly again. It depends on how they are stored how long it takes them to be airworthy again.

[mike787]

It's over....World  war Z is here....

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

And meanwhile, with the Thai fleets grounded, the world's skies and airports are safer places....  

[White Christmas13]

1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

And meanwhile, with the Thai fleets grounded, the world's skies and airports are safer places....  

BS

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

4 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

BS

 

Not if you look at the past air and ground mishap history of the various Thai carriers, particularly Thai, Nok and Orient Thai.

 

[White Christmas13]

2 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Not if you look at the past air and ground mishap history of the various Thai carriers, particularly Thai, Nok and Orient Thai.

 

check Qantas, Virgin and many other healthy airlines

[South]

6 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Not if you look at the past air and ground mishap history of the various Thai carriers, particularly Thai, Nok and Orient Thai.

 

Agreed, pretty much every airport within the country has had some kind of mishap  .....  Suratthani, Samui, Trang, Phuket, Don Muang, Chiang Mai and that's just off the top of my head. Oh, and the Lauda plane that crashed in Lopburi or wherever it was quite a few years ago.

 

Always nervous when flying domestically here and I come from an aviation family.

[englishoak]

Meanwhile Qatar, are operating  at 80%  along with Emirates and Etihad from the UK at least. 

https://www.headforpoints.com/2020/03/26/qatar-airways-is-still-flying-to-the-uk-from-much-of-the-world/

 

Problem is will the destination let you IN ?

 

 

Edited March 29, 2020 by englishoak

[JohnOFphon]

9 hours ago, mike787 said:

It's over....World  war Z is here....

There's no transition from living to Zombie. Only living to dead.

[tifino]

meanwhile many more new destined-to-also-fail 'hotel' projects; spring up from the cobwebs? 

 

 at least the rooms comply wrt social distancing!

[ezzra]

Even the would be terrorists and hijackers are out of work now, plenty of bombs and no planes to work with...

[legend49]

16 hours ago, 147SAG said:

Good time to do some maintance on them all.

Get them ready for a garage sale.

[yankee99]

Get ready for some super high airline prices when life returns to normal 

[DUNROAMIN]

17 hours ago, 147SAG said:

Good time to do some maintance on them all.

Wash your mouth out,  that's a dirty word here.!!!

[sometimewoodworker]

5 hours ago, englishoak said:

Meanwhile Qatar, are operating  at 80%  along with Emirates and Etihad from the UK at least. 

https://www.headforpoints.com/2020/03/26/qatar-airways-is-still-flying-to-the-uk-from-much-of-the-world/

 

Problem is will the destination let you IN ?

 

 

Emirates and Etihad are shutting down or have shut down almost all routes

 

Quatar is virtually the only airline flying a virtually full schedule and they are actually adding destinations and capacity on some routes. They are also managing to have a load factor at or above 80% on many flights and so can continue to operate at the moment. They are the only option for many people needing to get back home. I heard that though the prices are not as low as they were they are not profiteering.

 

Edited March 30, 2020 by sometimewoodworker

[sometimewoodworker]

1 hour ago, sometimewoodworker said:

Quatar is virtually the only airline flying a virtually full schedule and they are actually adding destinations and capacity on some routes. They are also managing to have a load factor at or above 80% on many flights and so can continue to operate at the moment. They are the only option for many people needing to get back home. I heard that though the prices are not as low as they were they are not profiteering.

 

Edited March 30, 2020 by sometimewoodworker

[emptypockets]

15 hours ago, South said:

Agreed, pretty much every airport within the country has had some kind of mishap  .....  Suratthani, Samui, Trang, Phuket, Don Muang, Chiang Mai and that's just off the top of my head. Oh, and the Lauda plane that crashed in Lopburi or wherever it was quite a few years ago.

 

Always nervous when flying domestically here and I come from an aviation family.

Not sure of the relevance of 'an aviation family'. If you are nervous, why do you do I? Plenty of other options in Thailand for transport.

[VBF]

9 hours ago, yankee99 said:

Get ready for some super high airline prices when life returns to normal 

Or, controversially, some super low ones just to get "bums on seats".

Realistically, we just don't know, do we? 

Edited March 30, 2020 by VBF

[SpaceKadet]

23 hours ago, mike787 said:

It's over....World  war Z is here....

Funny you should say that, I just started playing WWZ on Epic.

But Z is for Zombies, maybe you mean World War C.

[mike787]

1 minute ago, SpaceKadet said:

Funny you should say that, I just started playing WWZ on Epic.

But Z is for Zombies, maybe you mean World War C.

I like it!!!!  LOL 

[soi3eddie]

On 3/29/2020 at 9:41 AM, 147SAG said:

Good time to do some maintance on them all.

Good time to scrap most of their aged planes and consolidate the fleet with modern fuel efficient ones suitable for the routes they serve (B747 BKK to Phuket anyone?). At the same time they should scrap THAI management, rid the airline of all the cronies and freeloaders and streamline processes and booking systems. That said I do love the onboard service compared to other airlines.

[tifino]

20 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

They are the only option for many people needing to get back home. I heard that though the prices are not as low as they were they are not profiteering.

am surprised the Chinese didn't get on 'that' ball too?

 - except in their case it would (only) be for profiteering

[Yadon Toploy]

On 3/29/2020 at 7:29 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

And meanwhile, with the Thai fleets grounded, the world's skies and airports are safer places....  

As long as they are not driving them around on the tarmac.

 

https://www.aerotelegraph.com/en/thai-airways-a330-gulfstream-wrecks

[csmith]