Way too many Bus gates, only Thai, and no Bus Class buses.....awful
Feb 14, 2020, 8:57 am
#181
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Yes, it’s the shortage of A380 gates for LH & EK, they will pay for gates, unlike tightass TG....
Feb 15, 2020, 2:23 am
#182
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Feb 15, 2020, 4:34 am
#183
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I know LH want to pay for the A380 gates, they are given low priority by AOT because it’s only a seasonal A380 service.
Jan 7, 2023, 3:47 am
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Flew Thai Smile today (7 Jan) Udon Thani to Bangkok. Horror of horrors, we had a bus gate 😱
I did have to smile to myself as we toured the apron past Concourse A, under A/B/C, along the full length of D before the u-turn back to near D2. Ah, the memories
I did have to smile to myself as we toured the apron past Concourse A, under A/B/C, along the full length of D before the u-turn back to near D2. Ah, the memories
Jan 7, 2023, 3:56 am
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Jan 7, 2023, 4:00 am
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Jan 9, 2023, 7:44 pm
#187
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Yes, you can see the passengers "in the know" who always move straight across the bus to the opposite door, in the knowledge that is the one that will open on to the entrance!!
Jul 5, 2023, 9:26 pm
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Is there anyway to tell if a flight will arrive at a bus gate or a regular gate? I look at the arrivals on the BKK homepage, but they have only arrival times, not gate. Is there somewhere where I can see which gates flights have arrived at? I haven't flown to BKK in awhile and usually fly TG649 from FUK. In the past it was often bus gate which makes the meet and greet fast track pretty pointless.
Jul 6, 2023, 2:08 am
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Is there anyway to tell if a flight will arrive at a bus gate or a regular gate? I look at the arrivals on the BKK homepage, but they have only arrival times, not gate. Is there somewhere where I can see which gates flights have arrived at? I haven't flown to BKK in awhile and usually fly TG649 from FUK. In the past it was often bus gate which makes the meet and greet fast track pretty pointless.