Thai Airways riduce Bangkok-Milano Malpensa (ripristinata con la S16)
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C'è il Venezuela (Conviasa) che ha comprato quelli Etihad, si facciano avanti pure da Bangkok.
Nei comunicati non ho letto Etihad eplicitamente,c'è anche Emirates,tra le compagnie degli UAE,che ha i 345.
Qui dicono Etihad al 100%
http://www.wings900.com/vb/1-1-civil-aviation/57796-conviasa-adds-4-a345-20-e190.html
Esemplari A6-EHA/B/C/D
mi chiedevo se ci fossero comunicati ufficiali dove veniva nominato l'operatore che dismette gli aerei in oggetto
Qui una cronostoria delle operazioni dell'A345 in Thai dal 2005 al 2012.
http://airlineroute.net/2012/01/30/tg-345/
Tralaltro viene segnalato che da Maggio 2012 (fino al loro phase-out) i 345 verranno utilizzati come a/m di riserva in caso servissero come sostituzione a/m dell'ultimo minuto.
Questo l'operativo estivo, gli orari sono sempre quelli più o meno. Cambiano le frequenze (il volo in meno la domenica) e il cambio macchina da maggio ....con B772.
Thai Airways Intl TG 940
Suvarnabhumi International (BKK), Bangkok, Thailand 00:40
Malpensa (MXP), Milan, Italy Terminal 1 07:35
Non-stop
777
(Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday)
Thai Airways Intl TG 941
Malpensa (MXP), Milan, Italy Terminal 1 14:05
Suvarnabhumi International (BKK), Bangkok, Thailand 05:55+1 day(s)
Non-stop
777
(Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday)
Nei giorni in cui non c'è il volo da MXP opera da FCO con B744, chissà quando li toglieranno dal servizio o almeno sistemeranno...
Da notare che si tratta di 777 in ottima configurazione 3-3-3 in economy, con pitch da 34' o 32', però senza PTV
Hai ragione Zanna, ed in effetti è un allestimento davvero buono in eco quello dei 777-200ER di Thai
Dovrebbe essere portato anche sui 747-400 che rimarranno in flotta, tipo 8 su 12 o una proporzione del genere. Ma come AF e UA annunciano, ma manco hanno iniziato.
Un pò il punto della situazione su Thai.
Pare ci saranno progressivamente "nuovi" 744 su Roma da agosto, così come su Francoforte e Madrid.
Poi si parla anche del lancio di SMILE...
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2012/02/tg-rethinks-euro-services/
Pare ci saranno progressivamente "nuovi" 744 su Roma da agosto, così come su Francoforte e Madrid.
Poi si parla anche del lancio di SMILE...
TG rethinks Euro services
February 13, 2012 by Rapeepat Mantanarat
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BANGKOK, 13 February 2012: Thai Airways International will be advising travel planners attending the ITB this year about cuts to European flights.
Due to the Eurozone crisis and the loss of spending power across the EU, the airline has reduces frequencies and there are also some changes in aircraft type. It is a response to a steady decline in spending power and fiscal failure across a region that was once a major source of income for the Thai national airline.
Other airlines are in a bind too and it is expected that some major players will further reduce flights on Europe-Bangkok routes.
Flight changes include:
From 1 August, Boeing 747s that have been going through the retrofit programme will go into service to upgrade in-flight products on Frankfurt, Madrid and Rome routes.
Frankfurt will get a fully retrofitted B747, instead of only an economy retrofitted one, while Madrid and Rome will operate with a mix of both partly retrofitted and fully retrofitted. It means economy class passengers will have personal screen on all services by October this year.
There are 20 aircraft going through a retrofit programme.
Four were ready last year and 16 are due to be completed this year. The flood from late October through to the beginning of December delayed retrofits at the airline’s technical department located at Don Mueang Airport.
From this year, THAI’s in-flight products should improve significantly as the retrofitted aircraft are entering services and new aircraft will be delivered.
The airline will take delivery of four Airbus A330 this year; B777-300ER roll out from late this year (two out of a total eight). The first of six double-decker A380s will join the fleet in September and start serving Frankfurt, 1 December.
AT ITB, the airline will showcase first and business class demo seats that will be fitted in the A380 aircraft. In THAI’s configuration, the number of seats is set at 507 in three classes —12 first class seats, 60 in business and 435 in economy.
The first class cabin will feature compartment-style seats with a Royal First lounge, a multi-purpose area and a Royal First class bar.
Business class, or Royal Silk, will also have its own bar and seats will be flat -bed style and installed in a staggered layout for direct aisle access.
At ITB, the airline will also promote its Thai Smile, a light premium sub-brand designed to compete in the no-frills segment.
Thai Smile will launch services, 1 July, beginning with flights to Macau. Flights to Jakarta, Phnom Penh and Kolkata will follow. A service linking Chiang Mai-Phuket is the pipeline possibly to follow in its second year.
Thai Smile’s other regional destinations are likely to include cities in China, India and ASEAN all within a four-hour flight range. It will replace THAI on some of routes that have not been profitable for the full-service airline.
In the original plan, it was supposed to kick off with domestic operations, but has tweaked its strategy to emphasise mainly regional links, while reducing domestic operations to just 20% of system capacity, down from an earlier 50%.
One consideration was THAI’s 49% financial stake (increased from 39% in October) in Nok Air, which concentrates solely on domestic routes from its Don Mueang Airport base. THAI has shifted its strategy to avoid market confusion, so that THAI and Nok Air can cover domestic services side-by-side without openly competing.
Thai Smile has already got Cabinet approval to order 11 Airbus A320, which will roll out from June until 2015.
But to catch up with growing competition, Thai Smile needs more aircraft to operate its business model efficiently. Subject to approval, the company will obtain additional aircraft during 2013 and 2014, but leased rather than purchased to shorten the lead-time between orders and delivery.
According to the delivery plan, the first A320 aircraft will arrive in June; the second and third in August and the fourth in September. In 2013 and 2014, two aircraft will join the fleet each year and the last three are due in 2015.
This will limit the airline’s ability to add destinations quickly in the initial three years and is reflected in a low estimate of just 300,000 passengers a year in 2012. But by 2013 the airline claims it could carry 1 million passengers earning Bt5 billion revenue.
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2012/02/tg-rethinks-euro-services/
Grazie dell'informazione DusCgn.
Ulteriore dimostrazione che i tempi cambiano e le compagnie si rendono conto della necessità di un buon PTV nei voli LR.
Mi sembra che l'utente "medio" (sempre che ve ne sia uno) cominci a ritenere il PTV anche in economy come un elemento necessario per voli di ore.
C'è da dire poi che i 744 Thai hanno allestimenti in Eco particolarmente datati visto che qualche anno fa erano state rifatte solo le classi premium (Biz/First)...che però stanno diventando a loro volta poco attuali.
Insomma dovrebbero rifarli integralmente a mio avviso.
Insomma dovrebbero rifarli integralmente a mio avviso.
Ci ho fatto un a/r un paio di anni fa su FCO-BKK, concordo con quanto dici, veramente datati; però a livello di spazio non me li ricordo affatto male in confronto ad altre economy. Se cambiano i sedili e aggiungono i PVT secondo me viene fuori un bel prodotto
