By Ethan Klapper

 

Thailand and North America will soon be reconnected with nonstop flights.

 

Air Canada on Monday announced that it will launch seasonal service on Dec. 1 between its hub at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK). The service, on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, will operate four times weekly. The final eastbound departure from Bangkok is scheduled for April 17.

 

The westbound flight, AC65, departs Vancouver at 11 p.m. and arrives in Bangkok at 5:55 a.m. two days later, all times local. The eastbound flight, AC66, departs Bangkok at 8:30 a.m. and arrives at 6:35 a.m. in Vancouver. That flight technically arrives before it departs, a quirk of eastbound travel over the International Date Line.

 

Full story: https://thepointsguy.com/news/air-canada-vancouver-bangkok-nonstop-flights/

 

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wow, a time machine,  love it

I used to love when Thai Air had non-stop flights to/from USA.  

1 hour ago, rwill said:

I used to love when Thai Air had non-stop flights to/from USA.  

I flew on one out of Newark Airport.   I like the single stop travel better.   My upcoming trip will go through Japan.  I will have a layover of several hours during which I will be in a business class lounge, where I can brush my teeth, shower, shave, and put on clean clothes.   Then sit around, nap, eat, watch aircraft take off or land, wonder around the airport, etc.  It seems that I can also adjust to the time change better doing it this way, being exposed to sunlight (albeit through windows) during my brief stay in either Asia or Europe. 

Then catch my continuing flight to Thailand and repeat on the return trip.   

It's up to you, it's just good to have a choice.

Too bad they wouldn't start it a month earlier for those of us who prefer close to 6 months in Thailand to avoid the crappy weather in Canada from early November on. 

What a difference head- vs tail-wind makes.

Vancouver to Bangkok scheduled flight time 15:55 hours (uff).

Thailand to Canada 13:05 hours.

Small detour avoiding unfriendly airspace.

 

(errors excepted, Vancouver 15 hours after Bangkok in Winter)

 

No doubt Yankee airlines will swiftly copy from Seattle, San Fran and LA.

Great news. (for many)

Cisco kids are waiting

Good Goddess, more Chinese Canucks!

Lets hope so!

On 6/20/2022 at 11:16 PM, blazes said:

No doubt Yankee airlines will swiftly copy from Seattle, San Fran and LA.

Lets hope so!

On 6/20/2022 at 11:16 PM, blazes said:

No doubt Yankee airlines will swiftly copy from Seattle, San Fran and LA.

The Air Canada flight will have high load factors but probably lose money on a annualized basis.

 

 

The "Yankee airlines" will continue as they are, code sharing with Asia's carriers that actually turn a profit serving BKK. If they have another A350 or 787 to throw around just add more flights to ICN, Japan or SIN Thailand is a near pure leisure market with no economic depth for Business class fares. And as soon as China is back in the picture dumping capacity it will all be over.

 

And technically it does not "arrive before it departs" look at the UTC or zulu time airlines operate by. Time zones are just some arbitrary lines on a map.  

 

These crafty Canucks have not mastered time travel!