executive economy on Thai Air

[ericg1953 1]

I am about to book on the non-stop JFK-BKK and am going to book the executive economy class. I have flown the EVA evergreen dlx and was wondering how the Thai Air exec econ matches up. I believe the Thai Air planes are new airbus, but I am not sure.

Thanks

Eric

[Floyd 0]

yup. airbus 340-600

THAIAIRWAYS WEBSITE HAS seating config plans uif u are interested but you have to go to the royalorchardplus index to get to it.

[Tahoe_Bill 0]

My last trip I flew the New York Express: nonstop JFK-BKK round trip on an Airbus A340-500.

 

Check in at JFK was handled by Swiss Air personnel in Terminal 4. If you are a Star Alliance Gold member or booked in Business Class, they’ll direct you to their lounge. You’ll arrive and depart Bangkok using Terminal 2 (Gate 56 if I remember correctly).

 

The aircraft was new and it seemed that the crew were still working out the bugs on the outbound flight (end of May) ie. there were problems with the on demand video system freezing the movie then jumping ahead in the movie; and the second meal was at least an hour later than was announced at the start of the flight.

 

Everything was smooth on the return trip.

 

One word of advice is that if possible avoid seat F as the entertainment hardware is located there and it cuts down on your leg room.

 

The seats were generally comfortable and I think provide more pitch and width than EG Deluxe.

 

Seat pitch was 42 – 43 inches. The seats recline was similar to business class in that the further you reclined the further the bottom of your seat traveled forward. The seats all have adjustable leg rests. Seat width 19-20 inches and the armrests are tiered so that your arm is resting either higher or lower that the person sitting next to you (a nice feature).

There is an 8 inch personal video screen at each seat that has interactive on demand movies games etc.

 

Service was okay although I expected a little better after being pampered on TG’s shorted flights.

 

If you are a frequent flyer make sure that your fare will accrue miles.

[Tahoe_Bill 0]

Eric,

I forgot to post the link for the "New York Express".

http://www.thaiair.com/Travel_Destination_...thai_to_nyc.htm

I hope this helps.

Cheers ,

Bill