Age Of Thai Airways Fleet

[ThaiBrat]

Click the "number" of type of planes they operate, it then show all the details of model,age, plus loads more info.

The plane that left LHR to BKK today is 17.4 years old. ( but not the oldest 747 they fly on international routes )

http://www.airfleets...i%20Airways.htm

Makes interesting reading if you are about to fly.

TB

Edited March 13, 2011 by ThaiBrat

[RabC]

Sorry, what is your point? Have a look at the same site at British Airways and you'll fine their 747-400s are older.

[Issanman]

B-52s currently flown by the United States Air Force are nearly all over 50 years old. They ended production in 1962.

17 years old is nothing.

[Klaasvaak]

The total plane would be that old, but i don't thing that there would be many parts left that are 50 years old......

[taff33]

New,new planes brake down why worry about old planes.

[steve187]

the average age of BA stock is older than Thai,

the average age of BA 747's are older than Thai

BA have no 747's newer than 1999,

Thai have 747's delivered in 2001 x2, and 2003 x2.

the oldest 747's that both BA and Thai have are 1990.

[Klaasvaak]

Stil allot safer then driving a motorbike in thailand!

:-)

[Rinrada]

August 30th 1984, 08:41:50 EDT is when Discovery first flew into space, on the twelfth overall flight of the Space Shuttle program--still so new that some schools stopped lessons to show the event on TV.

The mission carried two communications satellites into orbit, including LEASAT F2, and demonstrated the OAST-1 large solar-cell test system which informed design of the solar panels on the International Space Station.

The mission lasted an hour over 6 days in total, with Discovery completing just under 2.5 million miles of travel.

Shuttle Discovery poised and waiting on its Florida launch pad, for the very final time.

A historic moment, for the first of the Shuttles--the world's first reusable spacecraft--to retire.

[tartempion]

Saturday, January 15th, 2011 14:01:00 BANGKOK: Thai Airways International Public Co, Ltd (THAI) has decided to buy 37 new aircraft to replace 46 ageing planes and expand routes as part of its strategic and investment plans covering 2011-2017.

[bkk_mike]

Blame the airbus delays...

Thai's oldest 747s were supposed to have been replaced by A380s starting in 2008. (That's probably also the reason why they never retrofitted them with seatback TVs in economy, as they were supposed to have been retired by now.)

Not sure if it's this year or next year that the A380s are finally being rolled out.

What's BA's excuse?

P.S. I have a gold card with Thai, but generally don't fly them much these days because, on my own money, I fly economy, and although the food and service are still pretty good, the lack of seatback TVs is a real downer, and it's not like I can't get a seatback TV with another carrier for less money.

However, I will actually go out of my way to avoid BA as I'm over 6ft, and their economy seats are mini torture chambers on a long haul flight. (and their premium economy seems to be equivalent to regular economy on most Asian / Middle Eastern carriers in terms of seat pitch, so is simply not worth the extra.)

Edited March 20, 2011 by bkk_mike

[TobiasMattsson]

Here is a link to the following news: http://www.ausbt.com.au/thai-airways-overhauls-first-business-and-economy

For years Thai Airways has lagged behind its full-service competitors in terms of features for premium cabins, especially considering that segment leaders such as Singapore Airlines and Emirates have introduced impressive features for their premium customers.

From 2012, though, this will no longer be the case. Thai Airways is reportedly undertaking a massive overhaul to all three of its cabins which is expected to introduce radical changes to its seats, in-flight entertainment and passenger amenities. <br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The overhaul, reported by the Bangkok Post, is rumored to be costing Thailand's national carrier billions of US dollars. Once complete it will provide a serious alternative for business travellers flying to South East Asia, as well as further destinations from Thai Airways’ international hub at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport (including Europe, the Middle East, the US, and Asia).

Thai Airways’ own product development director, Rangsiman Mokkhasmit, admitted that "the current in-flight products are [a] weak point" which are also "inconsistent from aircraft to aircraft [and] route to route".

While work on the upgraded cabins has already begun by retrofitting existing aircraft, the delivery of a new fleet of six Airbus A380s (the first for Thai) and seven Airbus A330s in February 2012 will likely mark the launch of the new cabins. However, Thai Airways admits that the retrofitting program could take the airline more than a decade to complete.

We've outlined the changes across all three classes below, but it's worth noting that while this is a radical overhaul for Thai Airways’ in-flight product, there aren’t any features that we haven’t been seeing on other Asian and Middle Eastern airlines over the past few years - so think of this as Thai's overdue catchup to its competitors.

Business Class

Long-haul business passengers currently flying on Thai have to make do with an angled flat seat, while the rather limited in-flight entertainment options are shown on a 10 or 15 inch screen (depending on the route and aircraft). <br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Thai Airways’ new business class seat arrangement will be similar to what we’ve seen from Emirates and Cathay Pacific. The new seats will be ensconced in a high privacy setting and will be at least 20 inches wide. Thankfully they will also be 180-degree, full lie-flat seats (with massage functionality), and passengers will get a personal TV that's at least 15 inches in size, along with noise-cancelling headphones.

Business class passengers can also expect the AVOD (Audio-Video On Demand) system to offer up a wide selection of entertainment, including 500 albums, 150 TV shows and up to 100 films. In the future, Thai Airways is also promising the ability to make phone calls in-flight from your mobile, access the Internet and even watch live TV.

First Class

Thai Airways’ First Class service will also be overhauled, with mini-suites the format of choice - expect something similar to what Lufthansa currently offers its First Class passengers.

Seats are expected to be at least 23-inches wide, and we suspect Thai Airways will be offering up passengers a number of amenities and services to bring it up to the level of its competitors.

Economy

New economy seats in Thai will add some consistency in the product, and there won’t be any more rolled-up cinema screens at the front of the plane forcing everyone to watch the same thing. Instead, economy passengers will also get personal TVs and economy seats will be at least 17.5 inches wide with a seat pitch of 31-32 inches. That's actually down from the current seat pitch of 34 inches.

[transam]

Sorry, what is your point? Have a look at the same site at British Airways and you'll fine their 747-400s are older.

You are right, every component on a 747, or any aircraft has a life and must be replaced at the end of hours used. Noooooooooo problem.

Problem is with countries that do not follow the rules, thats why many carriers are banned from UK and other airspace.