BA flight to BKK to move to T5
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LHRtravellerParticipantSoon to be announced, starting from W13 season the BA9 to Bangkok will move to Terminal 5. There will be an aircraft type change and a flight retime
16 Apr 2013
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sparkyflierParticipantInteresting LHR traveller. Thank you for flagging this. Any rumour on what the changes will be? Down to (sizewise) 772 or even 77W, with a tag to Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh maybe?
16 Apr 2013
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LHRtravellerParticipant3 class B777-200 and no tag. Morning departure from Lhr and BKK
16 Apr 2013
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sparkyflierParticipantI am sure Thai and the Gulf carriers will be happy with this news.
With this timing you arrive pretty tired, therefore the first day of a holiday or business trip is a bit of a right off, and if you have a check in to a hotel, wasting the investment of one night, just for a few hours.
I understand the aircraft size change, but the scheduling is less attractive and I think BA are wasting an opportunity to not use the slot to further their reach into the growing South East Asian economies like Vietnam, Indonesia or even Taiwan.
16 Apr 2013
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HippocampusParticipantPerhaps the late evening departure slot is going to be used for a potentially more lucrative frequency / route?
16 Apr 2013
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Henkel.TrockenParticipantGreat new timings, that will be a BA 772 on similar timings in W13 to a TG A380. I understand the second TG service will continue to be served by a 744.
16 Apr 2013
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AllOverTheGaffParticipantJust back a couple of weeks ago on a particularly smelly 747, badly needed replacing!
Rgds.
AOTG.16 Apr 2013
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HippocampusParticipantWell fancy that! Another member of the anti-BA agenda flying on BA recently!
16 Apr 2013
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Binman62ParticipantDay time back from BKK…..sounds good to me. Not so keen on the am dep from LHR but to be fair the return jet lag is usually the worst.
777-200 not the best aircraft so perhaps CX via HKG will continue to the best one world offer and certainly the best Business class.
MH a 380 also a strong contender / competition to this significant downgrade of service.
16 Apr 2013
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DerekChilversParticipantI have been flying from BOS to BKK via LHR (in First) for many years. BA 238 0815/1935 the perfect way to cross the pond while finishing the prep for the meetings in BKK, connecting to BA 9 2205/1520 on which I can get 8 hours sleep in the dark before arriving in BKK in good shape for business. I certainly won’t be flying BA if this trip now involves a too-short overnight flight followed by an interminable daytime flight followed by arrival in BKK exhausted and jet-lagged … and probably with no work done en route. And I know I’m not alone on this.
17 Apr 2013
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TominScotlandParticipantI sympathise, DerekChilvers, but I suspect your needs are in a minority here. By discontinuing First on this service, BA are recognising that Bangkok is now a primarily leisure destination, unlike SIN and HKG. Indeed, a move to Gatwick rather than T5 would have been conceivable for BA9!!
BA are clearly going with the flow here – AF no longer operate daily to BKK and Lufthansa are seriously reviewing their whole loss-making SE Asia operations with suggestions of introducing a low-cost model, maybe by renewing links to Condor (my speculation!!). Norwegian’s low cost flights to Bangkok start this year from Oslo and Stockholm. With their new Gatwick base, similar services would be logical from the UK as well – with their Thailand crew base, these will be much cheaper to operate than from Europe.
17 Apr 2013
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