The airline says it’s in negotiations with Boeing over the fate of three factory-fresh 777s with new first-class suites.
Thai Airways is in discussions with Boeing over the destiny of three new Boeing 777-300ER jets ordered in pre-pandemic days.
A spokesperson for the Thai flag-carrier, which stays in bankruptcy protection forward of the presentation of an ‘enterprise rehabilitation plan’ in January,
The plane is every believed to sport top quality suites, in comparison with earlier Thai Boeing 777s delivered in 2015 which topped out at enterprise-class.
The expectation was that these new jets would exchange Thai’s Boeing 747s, which have been already dealing with retirement and have been last month put up for sale (alongside 18 older Boeing 777-200ER and 777-300 jets).
These jumbo jets featured a complicated top-quality cabin crafted by London-based PriestmanGoode in what it termed ‘Up to date Thai Fashion impressed by  Thai spa retreats, providing the peak of luxurious, tranquillity and calm.”
PriestmanGoode, which enjoys a long-standing relationship with the Star Alliance member, additionally designed the most recent iteration of its Royal Silk enterprise-class alongside comparable traces.
It is not identified if this trio of factory-fresh Boeing 777s is fitted with these latest-generation suites and seats.
Thai’s present northern winter schedule to March 2021 lists solely eight planes flying to a complete of ten locations.
As reported earlier this week, Thai Airways is shrinking its Australian route community, with flights to Brisbane and Perth withdrawn from sale for 2021, though Sydney and Melbourne stay on the community map.Â
A Thai Airways spokesperson suggested that “we count on there might be some finalization of the 2021 schedules as soon as the court docket course of in Thailand is finalized in Q1 2021, and (when) worldwide borders are reopened.”
