I have posted on the Asia Breanch but some might look for the information here too:-



The new Thai Airways non-stop JFK-BKK is due to start 1st May. Flights will be daily except Tue ex JFK ( ex Mon ex BKK )

The A-340-500 will have 60 Business class seats, 42 Premium Economy/Coach and 113 Economy/Coach

These are the 'from' fares ex BKK ( note: these are the starting fares from BKK to JFK, I don't know what the conditions are, but they might be of interest to some )

Royal Silk ( Business ) B 111,000 = US$ 2,846

Premium Economy/Coach B 45,000 = US$ 1,155

Economy/Coach B 34,000 = US$ 872

Just found the seating map

Business will have 60" pitch
premiuym Economy/Coach 42" pitch
Normal Economy/Coach 36" pitch

Here's the link, click on the 'enlarge' so see it clearly


http://www.thaiairways.com/Travel_De...ps/A3452_l.htm

Just found the seating map

Business will have 60" pitch
Premium Economy/Coach 42" pitch
Normal Economy/Coach 36" pitch

Here's the link, click on the 'enlarge' so see it clearly


http://www.thaiairways.com/Travel_De...ps/A3452_l.htm

Wow, 36" economy and 42" premium economy? That's really super!

Thanks, Thailand is on my radar screen in the next couple of years. How long is this flight?

Never mind, I looked it up and it's about 17 hours.

rkkwan has foubnd the fares ex JFK to BKK and including taxes works out about the same, I think it was about $952(?) that sound like a good deal.

First picture of the plane at Toulouse posted on airliners.net. New livery with purple tail. Do a search on that website, or it may still be in the front page, as it's one of the most viewed recently.

Oh, this should work too:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=797472

Smaller pic on Just-planes.com

I guess we'll get used to it.