Flight information display system at RGN


On-time performance
Let just say both airlines boarded late, but due to the light load, they were able to depart on time and arrive only five minutes late. Both airlines have to speed up their turnaround times.

Bangkok Airways uses a bus gate this afternoon for our flight and boarding did not begin till 2:38pm. I was glad that Bangkok Airways put all the passengers in two separate buses, instead of squeezing every one into one bus like some European airlines especially LCC. Our beautiful plane named Krabi was parked at bay 103B this afternoon.








Thai Airways uses its own ground agents at RGN, as they offer three daily flights now. There is now a midday Airbus A300 flight now, and they are possibly the only airline that offers daily widebody flights from Yangon. Gate 1 is possibly the only widebody gate with two jetbridges, which is a good feature and helps to reduce boarding time. The inbound flight landed late at 6:50pm and boarding did not begin till 7:32pm.

Pre-takeoff activity:
Both airlines feature friendly F/As and they are all very engaging in helping other passengers to store baggage, and it is nice to get a sincere greeting.

As both flights were running late, both airlines’ crews were rushing to close as soon as possible and interestingly, PG F/As closed the galley curtain, as they were preparing the galley for the service on this short flight. One F/A was stationed in the front, while another one in the exit row, as well as a fourth F/A in the aft galley. After everyone was boarded, PG F/As immediately passed out packaged refreshing towels and immigration entry forms.

Thai Airways has a newspaper trolley in the jetway, as well as a F/A passing out immigration forms in the jetway as well. Each seat has a pillow (a real one too) and F/As also passes out packaged blankets to passengers requesting them.

Flight information:
Door was closed at 3:03pm and we pushed back ten minutes later. Thankfully Bangkok was not too busy at time of the day and we took off from R/W19L at 3:23pm. Flying time was an hour to be exact and our cruising attitude of 34,000feet.

TG’s flight was running a bit late. Door was closed at 7:47pm, as our flight was not completely full. We pushed back at 7:57pm. We took off from R/W03 at 8:05pm. Flying time was an hour and eight minutes with a cruising attitude of 35,000feet.

Cabin and seats:
Both airlines offer a decent economy class product and of course it is nice to have a widebody flight. I also have an empty seat next to me, so it makes a big different. I can’t complain much. A320 is still my favorite narrowbody aircraft and the extra inch of width makes it nicer. Thai Airways uses an older A330-300 on this short flight but is kept in reasonable condition.

Bangkok Airways