Hi everyone!

I've generally been posting fleet updates in the THAI News page but thinking that with so many changes happening to the airline's fleet both this year and in the coming year, it should have its own thread. I'll update this often as soon as there are any updates but of course, please feel free to contribute!

Some upcoming updates for the fleet;

Airbus A320
- HS-TXN is the most recent A320 to be repainted into the full TG livery, having come back from Haikou earlier this month, this is the 13th A320 to be repainted.
- HS-TXO has now been flown to Haikou as of 11th May for a repaint and is expected to be out for service for around 4 weeks.

Airbus A321NEO
- HS-TOC is still stored at Hamburg due to an unknown technical fault with no news yet of delivery.
- HS-TOF is expected to be the next delivered aircraft, the airline's 5th A321NEO expected later this month or beginning of June
- There are currently 8 aircraft already built and painted sitting around Hamburg, all expected to be delivered this year HS-TOC, TOF, TOG, TOH, TOI, TOJ, TOK, TOL

Boeing 787-8
- HS-TQH, the 1st ex-China Southern 787-8 is currently being repainted and having its cabin refitted at DMK, expecting to be revealed, most likely within the next few weeks

Boeing 787-9
- HS-TWE, one of 4 new-leased 787-9s is at Everett now, delivery expected in the next few weeks, all 4 aircraft from this order are expected to be delivered this year

Aircraft expected to be leaving the fleet in 2026:

Airbus A350-900s
HS-THQ and HS-THR are both expecting to have their leases end this year and will go to Edelweiss Air, as these two were always intended to be on a short term lease with THAI.

Boeing 777-200ER
HS-TJV and HS-TJW are the last 2 remaining 777-200ERs while they were expected to leave this year, this could be pushed back due to need for additional aircraft. Remains to be seen if they will finally be retired in 2026 or if they will stay on.

Boeing 787-8
HS-TQC and HS-TQD are both expected to leave the fleet this year as their leases end, both are expected to go to LOT Polish Airlines.

Nice work, thanks for the thread. Seems an appropriate spot for the departed aircraft?

Visited an old girlfriend last week in Nong Khai 😍
One of the TG 744s, in this case HS-TGT. Sad to see, and I certainly enjoyed flying these aircraft, especially quick trips BKK-CNX and BKK-HKT 20+ years ago�

Yes, definitely a good spot to talk about the retired planes! I've had quite a few flights on TGT also, mainly CNX-BKK-CNX runs.

I live in Chiang Mai and recently went to do some shopping at a shopping complex out of the city, and had to do a double take when I saw this across the road, not the best picture but its formerly HS-TGY, the last time I flew on a THAI 744 was on TGY from BKK to MUC in 2018, so it was nice but bittersweet to see her parked here. Not sure what the plans are for her yet but I can guess that she'll most likely become a cafe.

My last TG 744 flights were on TGZ 19 Sep 2019 on a cheeky BKK-HKT-BKK 😎.

HS-TOF (currently D-AZYO) has completed its customer acceptance flight today. Expected to be delivered to THAI in the next few days, this will be the 5th A321NEO delivery.

The 2nd of 10 Boeing 787-8 from China Southern arrived at DMK this morning. B-2736, not known yet what Thai reg she will receive. I'm assuming this means that HS-TQH, is nearly ready with its repaint and cabin refits, having been in the hangar for around 6 weeks now.

Credits to Wingtips

Crazy how quickly China Southern moved away from 787-8s

I know, it seems a bit of a waste but I guess good for TG to be able to get some relatively modern planes in to bridge the gap before their new 787-9s come in 2027.

The 2nd ex-CZ Boeing 787-8 that arrived a few days B-2736, has now been re-registered to HS-TQM, expected to be named "Sirisobhakaya", seems like TG are registering these planes chronologically to their Chinese registration orders.

Photo credits, Wingtips;