Originally Posted by
TGflyer
Have they discontinued this route?!!!! Yesterday I watched the "Royal News" and one of the Princesses who went to Tonga had to take the following routes:
1) BKK-SYD on TG 777
2) SYD-AUK on NZ 777
3) AUK-Pacific Island* on NZ 777
4) Pacific Island*-AUK on NZ 777
5) AUK-SYD on NZ 777
6) SYD-BKK on TG 777
* I dunno what the airport code is
I really hope that TG still fly direct from BKK to Auckland. Maybe the Princess had to do some business in Sydney.
FYI
Princess Sirindhorn travelled to Tonga for the coronation of King George Tupou V.
Airport Codes
Auckland is AKL
Nuku'alofa, Tonga is TBU
AUK is Alakanuk in Alaska, USA