Thai Airways to use 777 to Munich

Posted 06/09/2011

Thai Airways International is to introduce a Boeing 777-300ER on its daily link between Bangkok and Munich from December 1.  The Asian carrier currently utilises a 747-400 on the route.  The twin-engined aircraft is one of two aircraft that it is leasing from Jet Airways for a two-year period, adding to the three aircraft it acquired from the Indian airline last year.  These are configured in the exact same 312-seat layout - 312 seats – eight seats in Royal First Class, 30 seats in Royal Silk Class, and 274 seats in Economy Class – and have the same in-flight product to the existing aircraft. 

Alongside the three leased 777-300ERs, Thai currently operates six 777-300s on flights from Bangkok to Athens, Dhaka, Melbourne, Moscow Domodedovo, Paris CDG, Phuket, Seoul Incheon, Singapore and Tokyo Narita.  Thai has outlined plans to retire 50 aircraft from service over the next six years, including the five leased 777-300ERs in 2015 and two 777-200s in 2017. 

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