hey I now your into airlines.... and I found some low cost trans continental airlines that fly too thailand.. I wonder how ling they will last or if they are even flying at all now..

EAST JET sweeden too thailand

http://www.etnsearch.com/cgi-bin/sma...www.eastjet.se
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LTU. Germany (europe) to thailand

http://www.etnsearch.com/cgi-bin/sma...p://www.ltu.de

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CONDOR. Germany (europe) too thailand

http://www.etnsearch.com/cgi-bin/sma.../www.condor.de

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what have you heard about these airlines?
I quickly typed in bangkok too berlin (tegel) and all basicly had thier cheepest ratea at about $399 per one way..

ltu is a fabulous airline...it is the charter part of lufttansa....they fly to florida as well

It's good infor orgy, these flights come down often over the Peak season but fe realise you can pick up great deals, LTU as Bob says is a well historied Charter airline who also operate many 'scehduled' charter flights, i guess you could these days term them 'budget long haul', Condor is part of Lufthansa and they tend to fly the more tourist routes so Lufthansa doesnit have to put on their top planes with all the frills etc.
Lots of these fly in over the peak season, it is interesting the large number of flights between Thailand and Germany ( no hassle visas !! ), Lufthansa has at 'least' twice daily from BKK to Frankfurt and high season they add more.
I am about to add another tip about Austrian which will interest Bob so he can get easily down to check all his timeshares!

Another interestingone is 'Air Europe' of Italy who run flights peak season between Bangkok and Milan.

Premier of Scandinavia and Brittania Scandinavian division plus Finnair all fly to Phuket ( or did ) in high season, amazing to be at Phuket Airport years back and see the departure board showing flights to helsinki, another to Gotenburg and another to Stockholm.

when is peak seasean" (rough dates)

Usually flights from Nov 01 to Mar 28, but main peak Dec 10 to end Jan.