Thai Airways - Safe or not

Crispyboi

I'm travelling to Thailand next month. I've booked an internal flight from Bangkok to Phuket with Thai Airways, but now I'm hearing they might not be a safe airline to fly with!

I specifically avoided certain airlines I seemed to be unsafe and thought Thai Airways were ok, but now I'm not sure!

Any idea?

Locker10a

Well they are not on the blacklist, and while low cost airlines* in that part of the world certainly don't have a good reputation for safety I have never heard any complaints about Thai. At the same time i have no personal experience of Thai.
I would do some research online, perhaps look at sources like Aviation Hearld etc. But they seem to be a reputable company

Zascar

The odds of being in a place crash are something like 11 million to 1. You'll be fine.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2923260/Am-Going-app-calculates-chances-flight-crashing.html

artanevilla

Nothing wrong with Thai Airways.

Crispyboi

Locker10a wrote: »

Well they are not on the blacklist, and while low cost airlines* in that part of the world certainly don't have a good reputation for safety I have never heard any complaints about Thai. At the same time i have no personal experience of Thai.
I would do some research online, perhaps look at sources like Aviation Hearld etc. But they seem to be a reputable company

Thank you. That was my thinking, that anywhere that part of the world the safety standards might not be as stringent but I hadn't heard any major issues with then, just one or two odd comments lately.

robyntmorton

Looking at their fleet, it is not like they are flying an old, beat up hodgepodge of assorted frames. There's lots of 777's, with A330's, 350's, 380's and some 787-8's.

Their technical centres also handle service work for other airlines too, and are approved by the FAA, JAA and EASA.

I don't think there is anything for you to worry about flying with them.

Crispyboi

robyntmorton wrote: »

Looking at their fleet, it is not like they are flying an old, beat up hodgepodge of assorted frames. There's lots of 777's, with A330's, 350's, 380's and some 787-8's.

Their technical centres also handle service work for other airlines too, and are approved by the FAA, JAA and EASA.

I don't think there is anything for you to worry about flying with them.

Cheers thank you for that!

Crispyboi

We are actually flying on my girlfriend's birthday, maybe we'll get upgraded haha

lawred2

Crispyboi wrote: »

I'm travelling to Thailand next month. I've booked an internal flight from Bangkok to Phuket with Thai Airways, but now I'm hearing they might not be a safe airline to fly with!

I specifically avoided certain airlines I seemed to be unsafe and thought Thai Airways were ok, but now I'm not sure!

Any idea?

why would you think there was something wrong with them?

Crispyboi

lawred2 wrote: »

why would you think there was something wrong with them?

It's not that I think anything is wrong with then, that's why I booked with them, but since booking one or two people made negative comments about them and I also read an article that was negative about them, although within that article all the comments slammed the editor for being wrong.

ChikiChiki

Thai airways are fine and as up to standard as any good airline. They have a nice modern fleet of aircraft. I was in the new airport in Bangkok a few weeks back and really astonished at the fleet on show. The only worry you would have is apparently occasionally their new nutter King likes to take the wide bodies for a spin. :-)

Crispyboi

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Thai airways are fine and as up to standard as any good airline. They have a nice modern fleet of aircraft.

Thanks! I'm glad to hear it! That's what I thought when I looked at their website

sullivk

We took an internal flight with them during out honeymoon in Thailand, no issues or complaints to report!

Crispyboi

sullivk wrote: »

We took an internal flight with them during out honeymoon in Thailand, no issues or complaints to report!

Thanks! Great

duffman13

A really good airline, I've used them twice recently on long and short flights. The long haul was similar to Emirates and the short flight was better than Aer Lingus or BA. Great service and free food and drinks on the short. You'll be fine

Crispyboi

duffman13 wrote: »

A really good airline, I've used them twice recently on long and short flights. The long haul was similar to Emirates and the short flight was better than Aer Lingus or BA. Great service and free food and drinks on the short. You'll be fine

Ah great to hear, I'm delighted I asked the question now. Cheers

Nonoperational

Flew Thai, Nok air, Bangkok airways. All were fine.

crisco10

I flew with these guys in 2008 and lived to tell the tail...:eek::eek:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Two-GO_Airlines

Completely different experience to Thai Airways!

Crispyboi

Ironic you mentioning that crash, because my friend and I flew to Thailand in October 2007, and three weeks before we were due to fly, that crash came out on the news, we looked at each other and thought oh oh.

timmy_mallet

Flew 6 internal flights with them last year, no problems, friendly staff, clean cabins...

Marcusm

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Thai airways are fine and as up to standard as any good airline. They have a nice modern fleet of aircraft. I was in the new airport in Bangkok a few weeks back and really astonished at the fleet on show. The only worry you would have is apparently occasionally their new nutter King likes to take the wide bodies for a spin. :-)

use of phrases like that would get you jail time in Thailand; even as a tourist.

Crispyboi

It actually would! We are hoping that the main mourning will be over by the time we arrive

ChikiChiki

Marcusm wrote: »

use of phrases like that would get you jail time in Thailand; even as a tourist.

I know, thankfully I'm not in Thailand right now. Wouldn't be saying it over there.