Brown1950

Virgin Atlantic - Manchester to Delhi. Flights start 26 October 2020 MAN 1640-0605+1 DEL (Mon, Thu, Sat) DEL 0810-1210 MAN (Tue, Fri & Sun) Could be another option with low cost Indian carriers to Bangkok ?

Sindbad Gold members enjoy seat selection absolutely free when purchasing Economy Lite, Economy and Economy Prime fares.

Etihad Airways in the second half of February 2020 plans operational aircraft change for Abu Dhabi – Bangkok service, as the airline schedules Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft on EY402/407, instead of 787-9. From Abu Dhabi, the 787-10 is scheduled from 16FEB20 to 29FEB20. The airline operates 3 daily flights on this route. EY402 AUH2145 – 0645+1BKK 781 D EY407 BKK0155 – 0555AUH 781 D

Usual low season reductions in capacity.

BA business model is like most Airlines (ie) route all flights via your own hub. BA hub is LHR BA part of the IAG Group made £1.952 billion operating profit last year and I along with many shareholders are very happy with BA !

Coincidental flying with Austrian Airlines to Vienna in March. My observations are the connection time is ok providing of course no significant delays are on the incoming connection from LHR ! (Flight time ex LHR is normally 1hr 45mins)

As from 30JUN20 the old 777-200ER will be replaced with B787-9 Dreamliner.

Am i missing something but what has Air Asia and Thailand trip report got to do with the OP and Thai Airways ? Very confused ???

During summer 2020 Thai Airways have filed schedule LHR-BKK from 29 March 2020 TG910/911 as 777-300ER to replace A380.

Expect Emirates on certain routes (ie) London-Dubai to fly the A380 for at least the next 20 years.

In my recent booking with Qatar Airways i avoided the Dreamliner and have a combination of A350/A340/A380 aircraft on the route MAN/DOH/BKK.

To keep on topic and to keep comparing apples with apples 95% of all airlines operating the Dreamliner have a seat width of 17'' in economy and that also includes TUI !

So which airline operates the dreamliner on the UK/Thailand route direct with a seat pitch of 33inch and width greater than 17'' in economy ?

Well if somebody offered me a free holiday in Thailand with TUI (ex Thomson) i would think about it for one second and then say YESssssssss! Long haul with a TUI Dreamliner 787 in economy is actually better than a 5 star airline like Qatar who also operate the Dreamliner !

See Helios Crash with B737-300 www.quora.com/What-happened-to-Helios-Flight-522-the-ghost-plane

I would be very careful booking with Jet Airways. It's all over the net about their financial troubles - Google is your friend !

And tenders have been sent to baggage handlers / cargo agents / cleaners etc - So hopefully expect news of a commencement for a direct service starting 2019.

Going East ex Manchester you also have :- Turkish Airlines Jet Airways Ethiopian Airlines Oman Air Should be interesting to see what happens over the next 12/24 months especially if Thai Airways start a direct service to BKK.

From RoutesOnline :- Doha-Manchester eff 22nd May19 increase from 18 to 21 weekly, 787-8 operating. Lets wait and see what aircraft Qatar eventually decide to use on this route.

From 1st Dec 18 Emirates will introduce 2 class A380 (615 passengers) on flights EK021/022 daily to Dubai. This replaces 3 class A380.

As from 22nd May 2019 the three daily flights to be 787-8 ??

Talks have commenced in Dubai for the takeover of Etihad prior to the opening of DWC Airport Dubai. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-20/emirates-said-to-be-exploring-etihad-deal-to-forge-no-1-airline?srnd=premium-europe

On average Emirates have the following on all of the three daily flights in Economy with 'status' :- Gold 5 Silver 35 Unless of course your economy ticket was a Flex Plus ticket ?

I presume your flight was from Manchester ? and as you had status with Emirates ie (gold) you were upgraded ? What status did you have ? Manchester has one of the largest number of status members on the whole Emirates network ?

My understanding is these TUI far east flights are for connecting passengers with their Cruise division.