Thai Airways Int. Adjusts Winter Program

Thai Airways International has made adjustments to its Winter Program 2011-2012.

The Winter Program 2011-2012, which is effective 30 October 2011 – 24 March 2012 has been adjusted as follows:

New Destinations

- Direct flights TG934/935 between Bangkok and Brussels at 3 roundtrip flights per week with the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft effective 17 November 2011.

- Direct flights Bangkok-Copenhagen-Phuket at 3 flights per week with the Boeing 747-400 aircraft effective 11 November 2011.

- Direct flights between Phuket and Incheon at 3 roundtrip flights per week with the Airbus A330-300 aircraft.

 Route Adjustments

- TG485/486 between Bangkok-Phuket-Perth adjusts to operate flights between Phuket and Perth at 3 roundtrip flights per week with the Airbus A330-300 aircraft.

- TG642/671 on the route Bangkok-Narita-Phuket-Bangkok adjusts to operate as TG642/643 between Bangkok and Narita at 7 roundtrip flights per week with the Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 777-200 aircraft.

 Increased Flight Frequencies

Europe

- Bangkok-Oslo increases from 5 to 7 flights per week with the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft.
- Bangkok-Moscow increases from 3 to 4 flights per week with the Boeing 777-300 aircraft.

Australia and New Zealand

- Bangkok-Perth increases from 3 to 4 flights per week with the Airbus A330-300 aircraft.

Asia Region

- Bangkok-Singapore increases from 28 to 35 flights per week with the Boeing 777-300 and Boeing 777-200 aircraft.
- Bangkok-Osaka increases from 14 to 17 flights per week with the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft effective 16 November 2011.
- Bangkok-Nagoya increases from 3 to 4 flights per week with the Airbus A330-300 aircraft effective 1 January 2012.
- Bangkok-Xiamen increases from 3 to 4 flights per week with the Airbus A330-300 and Airbus A300-600 aircraft.
- Bangkok-Chengdu increases from 4 to 5 flights per week with the Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 777-200 aircraft.
- Bangkok-Beijing increases from 3 to 4 flights per week with the Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
- Bangkok-Mumbai increases from 5 to 6 flights per week with the Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
- Bangkok-Bodhgaya-Varanasi-Bangkok operates 7 flights per week effective 30 October – 31 December 2011 and 5 flights per week from 1 January – 24 March 2012 with the Boeing 737-400 aircraft.

Domestic Routes

- Bangkok-Hat Yai increases from 3 to 4 flights per week.

- TG214 from Phuket to Bangkok is changed to operate Phuket to Chiang Mai with 7 flights per week with Airbus A300-600 aircraft. This complements the current schedule with TG129 from Chiang Mai to Phuket. With this change, there will now be 7 roundtrip flights between Chiang Mai and Phuket.

THAI has also changed aircraft types as follows:

- TG640/641 on the route Bangkok-Narita v.v. will operate with the Boeing 747-400 aircraft beginning 1 December 2011.
- TG650/651 on the route Bangkok-Busan v.v. will operate with the Airbus A330-300 and Airbus 300-600 aircraft.
- TG433/434 on the route Bangkok-Jakarta v.v. will operate with the Boeing 747-400 aircraft.
- TG329/330 on the route Bangkok-Hyderabad v.v. will operate with the Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
- TG307/308 on the route Bangkok-Colombo v.v. will operate with the Boeing 777-200 aircraft.

Furthermore, the passenger cabin as well as inflight entertainment system products and services on THAI’s Boeing 747-400 aircraft have been retrofitted, complete with personal video screens and inflight phones in Economy Class on the following routes:

- TG920/921 and TG922/923 between Bangkok and Frankfurt.
- TG910/911 between Bangkok and London, effective 1 December 2011.
- TG916/917 between Bangkok and London, effective 15 December 2011.

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