Winter 18 Schedule Changes
Sep 3, 2018, 2:42 am
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Winter 18 Schedule Changes
Lots of winter schedule changes. My MEL-BKK flight is zeroed out!
https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...as-of-03sep18/
Bunch of the SYD flights (TG 471/472) getting axed, some BNE too, lots of other changes too. Overall looks like a big loss of capacity in Australia.
From the news:
https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...as-of-03sep18/
Bunch of the SYD flights (TG 471/472) getting axed, some BNE too, lots of other changes too. Overall looks like a big loss of capacity in Australia.
From the news:
Bangkok – Munich eff 28OCT18 777-300ER replaces 747-400, 1 daily (This marks the end of Thai’s 747 service to Europe)
Last edited by Taoyuan; Sep 3, 2018 at 2:52 am
Sep 3, 2018, 9:08 am
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Need to double check once I am on a computer, but if I read OMAAT right, I got lucky on my BKK-MEL legs in December - missed the cancelled frequencies by one day!
Sep 3, 2018, 2:48 pm
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Any idea how long it will take them to rebook affected passengers? I had a route axed by Asiana on this same ticket and it took them about a week from zeroing out to actually getting us off the flight.
EDIT: Rebooked automatically now, although the connection time is -12 hours so have to call anyways. Oh well.
EDIT: Rebooked automatically now, although the connection time is -12 hours so have to call anyways. Oh well.
Last edited by Taoyuan; Sep 3, 2018 at 9:49 pm
Sep 3, 2018, 8:13 pm
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https://www.ausbt.com.au/thai-airway...isbane-flights
Sep 4, 2018, 4:43 am
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Thai lost a strong Australia supporter in its management team - one-two years ago, they had an Australian advisor in their senior sales and marketing team with a strong proven airline background in Bangkok who was very pushing and supporting Australian routes very strongly. But meanwhile he has retired.
Last edited by Creole Spirit; Sep 25, 2018 at 2:57 am
Sep 4, 2018, 8:52 am
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Thai lost a strong Australia supporter in its management team - one-two years ago, they had an Australian advisor in its senior sales and marketing team with a strong proven airline background in Bangkok who was very pushing and supporting Austrian routes very strongly. But meanwhile he has retired.
you said he was from Australia and he supported Austrian routes… so maybe the new flight to Vienna/Austria is his legacy?
Sep 4, 2018, 7:44 pm
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It's quite evident that TG with its clapped out 747s is feeling the strain on the Sydney route. Emirates A380 flies daily - a much bigger and altogether better aircraft. Every time Emirates had a seat sale to Bangkok, TG matched it (SQ didn't so much). I was surprised to see TG's seat sale match with Emirates was immediately followed by an "end-of-financial-year" sale this year. All of the Thais I know in Sydney (my partner is Thai) fly Emirates as their first choice. IMHO the writing has been on the wall ever since TG withdrew their announced A380 service to Sydney several years ago
Sep 5, 2018, 3:39 am
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I wrongly wrote "Austrian routes", but I meant: "Australian routes"
Sorry for that - have corrected my post
Last edited by Creole Spirit; Sep 25, 2018 at 2:57 am