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Thai airways has an advertisement in October's Conde Nast Traveler magazine.

It says, "Very soon, we will be introducing direct, non-stop flights from New York to Bangkok on our brand new Airbus A-340-500, the only non-stop New York-Bangkok service and the fastest to South-east Asia."

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Sounds interesting. Let us know if you see anything about how long that flight takes from NY to BKK. I'm guessing 18 hours? Will also be interested to see how rates compare with Korean Air, ANA, etc.

I enjoy ANA and KE but its more fun to travel with Thai people if you can strike up a conversation (and/or farang to exchange anti-ripoff tips :o )

kenk3z

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SingaP Airlines announced new NY-Sing.route recently but nothing yet about Thai...however...fyi. :D

SIA’s non-stop Singapore-New York service will take 18 hours in each direction and save customers up to four hours in flight time over the one-stop services.

Using the ultra long-range A340-500 aircraft, the direct Singapore-New York service will set a new record for the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight on 28 June 2004, beating the existing record set on 3 February this year with the launch of SIA’s non-stop services between Singapore and Los Angeles.

Specially designed for the business traveller, the SIA A340-500 places a premium on the comfort and convenience of the customer. This aircraft will feature just 181 seats in a two-class configuration. The very spacious layout will offer 64 Raffles (business) Class seats and 117 seats in the new Executive Economy Class.

http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/app/saa?hi...rentSite=global

Thai to bangers Via-London/Frank/narita/Los A. :o

Flight Departing Arriving Stops /

Thai Airways Intl TGUA 5701 John F Kennedy Int'l (JFK), New York, NY, USA

21:25 Heathrow (LHR), London, United Kingdom 09:35 +1 day(s) Non-stop

or..

Thai Airways Intl

TGNH 6097 John F Kennedy Int'l (JFK), New York, NY, USA 12:15

Narita (NRT), Tokyo, Japan 14:50 +1 day(s) Non-stop

Thai Airways Intl

TG 677 Narita (NRT), Tokyo, Japan 16:55 +1 day(s)

Bangkok Int'l (BKK), Bangkok, Thailand 21:25 +1 day(s) Non-stop

Thai Airways Intl

TGLH 7701 John F Kennedy Int'l (JFK), New York, NY, USA 21:30

Frankfurt Int'l (FRA), Frankfurt, Germany 10:40 +1 day(s) Non-stop

Thai Airways Intl

TG 921 Frankfurt Int'l (FRA), Frankfurt, Germany 15:05 +1 day(s)

Bangkok Int'l (BKK), Bangkok, Thailand 06:45 +2 day(s) Non-stop

Thai Airways Intl.TGUA 5509 John F Kennedy Int'l (JFK), New York, NY, USA 08:55 Los Angeles Int'l (LAX), Los Angeles, CA, USA 11:49 Non-stop

http://www.thaiair.com/

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Fyi Cathay Pacific has been flying Hong Kong-New York(JFK) nd vv non stop daily since 1st July this year,flight time approx 16.5 Hrs,so Bkk-Hkg-Jfk around 20 hrs if you get yr timings right.

Me I prefer a couple of stops as 20 hrs in agony class is too long.ciao :o

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C.P to Bangkok via Hong Kong.

CX831 JFK 15:50 HKG 20:10+1 SMTWTFS 346 0 16:20 ET

CX709 HKG 22:10+1 BKK 23:50+1 SMTWTFS EQV 0 02:40 ET

CX831 JFK 15:50 HKG 20:10+1 SMTWTFS 346 0 16:20 ET

CX709 HKG 22:10+1 BKK 23:50+1 SMTWTFS 34C 0 02:40 ET

CX831 JFK 15:50 HKG 20:10+1 SMTWTFS 346 0 16:20 ET

CX709 HKG 22:10+1 BKK 23:50+1 SMTWTFS EQV 0 02:40 ET

CX889 JFK 23:10 HKG 08:00+2 SMTWTFS 34C 1 20:50 ET

CX713 HKG 08:55+2 BKK 10:30+2 SMTWTFS 744 0 02:35 ET

Also chucked in a dept date of Thurs 14th Oct from N.Y to Bangkok with travelocity and found following (all return)

http://res.travelocity.co.uk/airloutbound....completitin.pgd

Total GBP 454.90 Thu, 14 Oct

14:10 Depart - New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) Continental Airlines 5017 operated by Northwest Airlines / 5027 operated by Northwest Airlines

23:55 Arrive - Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) 1 Stop - Change planes in Tokyo, Japan Narita (NRT)

Total travel time: 22hrs 45min - Next day arrival

Total GBP 516.50

Thu, 14 Oct

13:30 Depart - New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) Korean Air 82 /653

23:45 Arrive - Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) 1 Stop - Change planes in Incheon Int Seoul, Korea Repub (ICN)

Total travel time: 23hrs 15min - Next day arrival

Total GBP 516.90 Thu, 14 Oct

13:30 Depart - New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) Delta Air Lines 7854 operated by Korean Air / 7917 operated by Korean Air

23:45 Arrive - Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) 1 Stop - Change planes in Incheon Int Seoul, Korea Repub (ICN)

Total travel time: 23hrs 15min - Next day arrival

Total GBP 530.30 Thu, 14 Oct

00:20 Depart - Newark, NJ (EWR) Eva Airways 31 / 211

11:05 Arrive - Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) 2 Stops - Stop in Seattle/Tacoma, WA (SEA)

Change planes in Taipei, Taiwan (TPE)

Total travel time: 25hrs 15min - Next day arrival

Total GBP 555.90 Thu, 14 Oct

11:30 Depart - New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) American Airlines 167 / 7279 operated by JALWAYS/FOR JAPAN AIRLINES INTL

23:10 Arrive - Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) 1 Stop - Change planes in Tokyo, Japan Narita (NRT)

Total travel time: 24hrs 40min - Next day arrival

Total GBP 555.90 Thu, 14 Oct

11:30 Depart - New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) American Airlines 167 / 7279 operated by JALWAYS/FOR JAPAN AIRLINES INTL

23:10 Arrive - Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) 1 Stop - Change planes in Tokyo, Japan Narita (NRT)

Total travel time: 24hrs 40min - Next day arrival

Total GBP 697.90 Thu, 14 Oct

15:50 Depart - New York-Kennedy, NY (JFK) Cathay Pacific 831 / 709

23:50 Arrive - Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) 1 Stop - Change planes in Hong Kong (HKG)

Total travel time: 21hrs 0min - Next day arrival

Total GBP 713.70 Thu, 14 Oct

08:00 Depart - Newark, NJ (EWR) British Airways 186 / 9

15:30 Arrive - Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) 1 Stop - Change planes in London Heathrow, UK (LHR)

Total travel time: 20hrs 30min - Next day arrival

All between £454 and £713....next lot are peng mak.

also note these prices are in £sterling so gotta change into greenbacks. :o

good luck :D

  • 2 months later...
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Beginning May 1, 2005

BKK 0:40 JFK 06:35 TG790 Total travel time 16h 55m

JFK 12:00 BKK 16:10 +1 TG791 Total travel time 17h 10m

Flights are on an Airbus 345 with Business, Premium Economy and Economy

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Beginning May 1, 2005

BKK 0:40  JFK 06:35  TG790  Total travel time 16h 55m

JFK 12:00  BKK 16:10 +1  TG791  Total travel time 17h 10m

Flights are on an Airbus 345 with Business, Premium Economy and Economy

Dandy news, I'll be one of the first to make use of that nonstop.

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This is Great news!

But does anyone have a ball park on the prices though?  :o

Using the non-stop Singapore-LAX, Singapore-New York flights on SQ as an example for pricing, Singapore Airlines charges about a 50% premium over their cheapest economy class fare for the cheapest ticket on their non-stop flight. I would expect that THAI would follow suit when they commence this non-stop route.

Posted
This is Great news!

But does anyone have a ball park on the prices though?  :o

Using the non-stop Singapore-LAX, Singapore-New York flights on SQ as an example for pricing, Singapore Airlines charges about a 50% premium over their cheapest economy class fare for the cheapest ticket on their non-stop flight. I would expect that THAI would follow suit when they commence this non-stop route.

Singapore Airlines only has business class and executive economy on their planes for this route which explains the higher prices. Thai plans for business, premium economy, and regular economy. I would guess that regular economy will price at very close to current regular fares of connecting flights.

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