Is China still a silk route for THAI?
May 6, 2015, 8:37 am
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Is China still a silk route for THAI?
Has Thai stopped all services to China? It's still listed on their "where we fly" routes, but I can't pull up any cities in China in the drop down menu today when I tried to make a booking for my folks.
May 6, 2015, 5:28 pm
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May 6, 2015, 10:05 pm
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Just looked at the Thai website (AU version).
China is NOT listed in the country list (Hong Kong is).
Typing PEK or PVG gives nothing, whereas other airport codes resolve properly.
China is NOT listed in the country list (Hong Kong is).
Typing PEK or PVG gives nothing, whereas other airport codes resolve properly.
May 6, 2015, 11:56 pm
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May 9, 2015, 10:22 am
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Flew back from Beijing last night on TG615 on the new 777 with lie-flat seats same as on the A380, lovely wines, good grub, great service......an hour late taking off but that's what you expect from Beijing these days.......yes, they are still very much flying to/from China.....
May 9, 2015, 7:19 pm
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They give the Chinese airlines priority for starts; you can see getting overturned in particular by Air China planes
instead of using different runways for start and for landing; they do both on one runway which slows everything down