Hello and welcome to my trip report featuring a flight I took with Thai Airways from Bangkok to Tokyo Narita Airport and return early April 2012 on a family trip. I hope you enjoy reading.

Date: 5 April 2012
Airline: Thai Airways International
Flight: TG676
Route: BKK-NRT
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER
Registration: HS-TKH
Class: Economy

After dropping off my parents and sibling at the terminal, I went off to park the car. When I rejoined them, they were just been called to the check-in counter as there was a bit of a queue in the early hour at the airport. The check-in was smooth.








After receiving all our boarding passes to Tokyo, we proceeded directly to passport check and security screening. It did not take longer than 10 minutes to complete. Then we headed to Royal Silk lounge on the concourse C which was the closest to our boarding gate C7.




There are two TG lounges in concourse C, the West lounge is still closed at 6am, so off we went to use the one on the opposite side.


At the time, the lounge was very busy and it wasn’t possible for 4 of us to get seats together. We asked TG ladies at the front desksif we could use the private room, she kindly came and unlocked one of the two private rooms and let us in.






After breakfast


Heading off from the lounge to the boarding gate. At this time, the lounge was less busy.












After a short wait, at around 7:25, a standard boarding call was made firstly inviting passengers travelling with children then premium passengers and frequent fliers. Then passengers in economy class were boarded by seat row number and TG ground staff were very strict on this.


Entering the aircraft, lie-flat herringbone business class seats


1st section of Economy class




Settled in my 34K




Not bad space.


Safety card


In-flight entertainment was available to use even when on the ground. The controllers




When the aircraft door was closed, the captain made a welcome announcement and also saying that there was an aircraft, and I quote, stuck behind our airplane so there would be a slight delay and he apologised for the inconvenient. However, the flight time would be shorter than planned, 5 hours and 10 minutes, so despite the delay departure, we would reach Tokyo 30 minutes ahead of schedule. Then the crew came to welcome us as TG ROP gold members and offered us to choose our meal first, 2 options were omelette or shrimps congee. I went for the omelette. At 7:50am, the aircraft was pushed back












At exactly 8am, the aircraft took off 25 minutes behind schedule


















After the seatbelt sign was turned off, the inflight manager made a welcome announcement. All announcements were made in Thai, English and Japanese. There was a Japanese crew onboard as well and she did not were the traditional Thai dress




Then drinks were served and followed by breakfast






Cabin view


For the next few hours I watched a film, throughout this time, drinks were offered regularly then 1 hour and 15 minutes before landing a light snack were served.




Before landing, a short video on immigration procedure (finger print scanning and taking picture of inbound pax) were shown.




Then shortly before landing, the pilot announced that there would be a lot of crosswind on landing so we were told to expect a bumpy landing, and it was indeed a bumpy landing.










Landed at 15:15 local time, ahead of the 15:45 arriving schedule




A long taxi to parking








Disembarking the airplane


My seat


Business Class


First Class


It was a long walk to passport check, and when we got there, there was a long line of queue, but fortunately, as we were walking to join the queue, we were told to follow an immigration officer who led us for a short distance walk to another much shorter queue and it didn’t take longer than 10 minutes for us to clear
Then we were off to collect our baggage which were already on the belt




Arrival hall was quite busy


Arriving flight information


Then we bought a airport-hotel transfer which took us directly to our hotel on a 90 minute bus trip




Hotel room and the view from the room




Here are some pictures taken during the trip
















Some pictures of the food






This is the detail of the returning flight
Date: 8 April 2012
Airline: Thai Airways International
Flight: TG677
Route: NRT-BKK
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER
Registration: HS-TKG
Class: Economy

We travelled to the airport direct from our hotel using the bus. Arrived at the airport very early (too early) at around 13:40 for a 16:55 flight to Bangkok
Narita Airport Terminal 1 South








At the time, TG counters were closed but we were told that it would be opened at 14:25, so we went to the airport mall for lunch








When we returned to check-in counters, there were a few people already waiting in the line, and it didn’t take long to wait. We were told that the flight was completely full. After having our boarding passes, we went directly to security screening and passport check, all took less than 10 minutes

Our boarding gate was 46, which was quite a long walk, but we were told by check-in lady that we could use the ANA lounge which was located very close to the gate.








After buying a few things at the duty free shops, we made our way to ANA lounge




Passing United lounge






Arriving at ANA Business class lounge, we were greeted by friendly lounge staff








Very nice snack and refreshments














There is also a noodle bar, which I ordered o udon


Seating area in the lounge




We left the lounge to the boarding gate at 16:20 to be at the gate just in time for the 16:25 planned boarding time


Then before boarding started, we were told to line up, one priority line and one economy line.












When the crew saw me taking pictures, she jokingly said ‘beautiful seats, aren’t they, unfortunately they are not ours, the plane is leased from another airline’ I can’t wait to see the interior of 777-300ER TG will get delivered soon.
Seated in 33D








Once the boarding was completed and the aircraft door closed, the captain made a welcome announcement, saying the flight time would be 6 hour and 30 minutes. Before took off, once again crew came to ask all *G of our meal preference and the two options were pork panang curry with rice (Thai dish) or chicken with rice (Japanese dish). I went for the curry. The plane took off around 20 minutes behind schedule.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get a window seat. I am sorry for no take off and landing pictures. A few moments after took off, the captain came on PA and said that on the right side of the airplane, we could see mt. Fuji very clear, sadly being on the left-ish side, I couldn’t see anything


Soon after seat belt signs were switched off, drinks and snack were offered


Then followed by a meal




After meal service, cabin light was turned off as some people (me included) had a nap. 1 hours 15 minutes before landing, the mood lighting was turned on, first it was dark blue, then it turned dark blue with purple, then purple with orange then blue with orange










Then hot towels were given out and an option of vanilla or green tea ice creams was offered. I went for Vanilla ice cream




Then the crew came to prepare cabin for landing. Landing was at around 21:45 which was 20 minutes behind schedule
Walking to immigration




Passport check was swift and there were only a few people in front of us. Then we waited for our bags for around 10 minutes


Overall, it was another nice flying experience with Thai Airways on both flights. We were very happy to get to use the private room at BKK lounge (it was our first time using it) and also very happy with ANA lounge at Narita, very nice refreshments. Cabin crew service was once again very friendly and professional. While the IFE was great, I must admit that the cabin doesn’t feel very fresh as there were a few broken bits and odd markings on the seats. Nonetheless, we were happy with our trip with TG.

Thanks for reading, as ever all comments and feedback are very much appreciated.

Win

Nice report! I actually saw you arrive in Narita! I arrived just before you on AC 1 from YYZ and then saw you land from the observation deck! What a coincidence!

cheers,
Sveinn

All these reports on Thai and all the photos and information on Bangkok airport, are indeed preparing me to fly with Thai sometime in the future  

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): When the crew saw me taking pictures, she jokingly said ‘beautiful seats, aren’t they, unfortunately they are not ours, the plane is leased from another airline’ I can’t wait to see the interior of 777-300ER TG will get delivered soon.

These are leased Jet Airways aircraft.

Quoting SRQKEF (Reply 1): Nice report! I actually saw you arrive in Narita! I arrived just before you on AC 1 from YYZ and then saw you land from the observation deck! What a coincidence! cheers, Sveinn

Thanks Sveinn! I recalled you said you would be arriving on AC1 on the 5th of April, what time did you land? According to the arrival flight information display, your flight landed after mine  

Quoting flightsimboy (Reply 2): All these reports on Thai and all the photos and information on Bangkok airport, are indeed preparing me to fly with Thai sometime in the future

HI flightsimboy! I hope you have a nice flight with TG!

Quoting flightsimboy (Reply 2): These are leased Jet Airways aircraft.

Indeed. In the next year or so, all the leased planes will be returned to Jet Airways and TG will receive brand new 777-300ER  

Thanks,
Win

Nice TR!

We had the pleasure of flying TG's leased 777-300ERs on the BKK-NRT-BKK sectors last october, in the wonderful 1st class suites and herringbone J seats. The best hardware we had flown, surpassed only by EK and their upper deck A380!

Speaking to the wonderful crew on the return flight, 1 of them mentioned that TG's own brand new 300ERs will only be in a 2 class configuration, apparently with the new J seats found on their soon to be delivered A380 this year. It would be a shame if they do eventually return the leased birds, as I think they are defo the best hard product in TG's varied fleet.

Hi WIN,

Beautiful flights from TG. I thought the seats looked incredibly comfortable and elegant in economy. Really great.

Food also looked nice, although sometimes the tray seems a bit bare. Overall, a great show. Also impressive to see such good loads, and such communication from the flightdeck throughout.

Rgds

Luke

Hi Win,

another great report with good pictures! TG's product looks fine - and it's nice to see the Jet Airways interiors. I enjoyed that cabin product on a BOM-LHR flight last year. I still need to post a report.

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): 1 hours 15 minutes before landing, the mood lighting was turned on, first it was dark blue, then it turned dark blue with purple, then purple with orange then blue with orange

That's what happened on my 9W flight, too.


PH

Another wonderful TG trip of yours! Many thanks for the great report once again.
Japan is definitely the destionation for Thai's school breaks. BKK-Japan route is one of the strongest TG route!

I was at HND international terminal last month. Same same but different food offering for the ANA lounge  
We were invited to use the First class section in the early morning due to the cleaning being conducted over the Business class part. The faux library/living room atmosphere was nice but too bright for my eyes after the red-eyed flight  

Thanks again.
net-hkt

Nice trip report. The pictures in Tokyo and Narita Airport bring back many happy memories from one who used to live there.
What hotel did you stay at in Tokyo?
TG's 777-300ER's area leased from Jet Airways. They are my favorite aircraft in TG's fleet, because they have the latest inflight entertainment. TG also uses them BKK-CDG-BKK.
TG normally does not allow cockpit visits, but I asked the flight attendant and she asked the captain so I was able to get a cockpit visit after we landed.
I live in Bangkok and I am at Suvarnabhumi now getting ready to fly to MNL.
Thank you for posting.

Quoting vieri (Reply 4): Nice TR! We had the pleasure of flying TG's leased 777-300ERs on the BKK-NRT-BKK sectors last october, in the wonderful 1st class suites and herringbone J seats. The best hardware we had flown, surpassed only by EK and their upper deck A380! Speaking to the wonderful crew on the return flight, 1 of them mentioned that TG's own brand new 300ERs will only be in a 2 class configuration, apparently with the new J seats found on their soon to be delivered A380 this year. It would be a shame if they do eventually return the leased birds, as I think they are defo the best hard product in TG's varied fleet.

Thanks vieri! Really nice to know that you had a good experience with TG and on this amazing plane! I haven't travelled in J or F in this type, but walking pass the cabin, the seats indeed looked amazing! Thanks for the info on the TG brand new 777-300ER, I can't wait to see it.

Quoting lukeyboy95 (Reply 5): Hi WIN, Beautiful flights from TG. I thought the seats looked incredibly comfortable and elegant in economy. Really great. Food also looked nice, although sometimes the tray seems a bit bare. Overall, a great show. Also impressive to see such good loads, and such communication from the flightdeck throughout. Rgds Luke

Hi Luke! Thanks for the comment! I think the seats look great and comfortable, but sadly my father (who has a sensitive back) didn't agree. I think the food tasted very good especially the curry on the inbound flight. TG does seem to be doing particularly well on routes to Japan, in fact, we were waitlisted on the inbound flight for a few weeks until we got a confirmed reservation.

Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 6): Hi Win, another great report with good pictures! TG's product looks fine - and it's nice to see the Jet Airways interiors. I enjoyed that cabin product on a BOM-LHR flight last year. I still need to post a report.

Hi PH! Many thanks for the kind words! It was my first time being in the Jet Airways interiors and it was overall nice! I look forward to your report on BOM-LHR  .

Quoting PlaneHunter (Reply 6): That's what happened on my 9W flight, too.

I quite like the mood effect of these lights.

Quoting nethkt (Reply 7): Another wonderful TG trip of yours! Many thanks for the great report once again. Japan is definitely the destionation for Thai's school breaks. BKK-Japan route is one of the strongest TG route! I was at HND international terminal last month. Same same but different food offering for the ANA lounge   We were invited to use the First class section in the early morning due to the cleaning being conducted over the Business class part. The faux library/living room atmosphere was nice but too bright for my eyes after the red-eyed flight   Thanks again. net-hkt

Thanks net-hkt! I agree that Bangkok-Japan route is a very successful route for TG and especially in this Songkran season, it required an effort for all of us to get a confirmed reservation despite booking a month in advance. Its good that you got invited in F lounge and the lounge sounds good too, at Narita, the Business and First class lounges were located on the different floor.

Quoting triple7man (Reply 8): Nice trip report. The pictures in Tokyo and Narita Airport bring back many happy memories from one who used to live there. What hotel did you stay at in Tokyo? TG's 777-300ER's area leased from Jet Airways. They are my favorite aircraft in TG's fleet, because they have the latest inflight entertainment. TG also uses them BKK-CDG-BKK. TG normally does not allow cockpit visits, but I asked the flight attendant and she asked the captain so I was able to get a cockpit visit after we landed. I live in Bangkok and I am at Suvarnabhumi now getting ready to fly to MNL. Thank you for posting.

Thanks triple7man! We stayed at ANA Intercontinental in Tokyo. TG leased 2 additional 777-300ER from Jet late last year to operate them on the 744 route while the 744s are undergoing retrofitting. I agree, that it IFE was very nice and so was the lie flat J seats and the suite in F. Very nice you got to visit the cockpit  . Although, it may be a little late to say, but Have a nice flight!

Thanks again for reading and commenting.

Win

Quoting win1290 (Reply 3): Thanks Sveinn! I recalled you said you would be arriving on AC1 on the 5th of April, what time did you land? According to the arrival flight information display, your flight landed after mine

Haha oops, then it must've been another TG 777! My mistake...  

Flew TG SIN-BKK on their 772 today, these Y seats are really comfortable, and along with great legroom and very generous recline, just a great trip in whole! 

Quoting SRQKEF (Reply 10): Haha oops, then it must've been another TG 777! My mistake...

hehe, don't worry, I was looking for an AC jet when I landed, but couldn't see it  

Quoting SRQKEF (Reply 10): Flew TG SIN-BKK on their 772 today, these Y seats are really comfortable, and along with great legroom and very generous recline, just a great trip in whole!

Nice to know you were happy with my national airline    . Hope you have a nice few days in BKK! If you want any info on the city, please feel free to send me a message.  

Thanks
Win

Quoting win1290 (Reply 9): Thanks vieri! Really nice to know that you had a good experience with TG and on this amazing plane! I haven't travelled in J or F in this type, but walking pass the cabin, the seats indeed looked amazing! Thanks for the info on the TG brand new 777-300ER, I can't wait to see it.

Yes, the 300ERs does look great in TG colours, long may they carry on flying them.
Who am I kidding, I love the 300ERs, they look good in any colour scheme!

Jokes aside, we loved the herringbone J seats, was nowhere near as cramped as some described, I understand it is a wider design than the CX/ virgin variety. Proper flat bed, loads of elbow room and aisle access for all. heck I could even lay on my front and look out of the window, with the GE90 spinning away in all its glory, who needs IFE! Was quite a comedown when we had to fly on the older J seats back to LHR, was our 1st time on the 747-400's upper deck, and as excited as I was, it just wasnt as good as the herringbones.

Nice report Win! Looks like TG is printing some good money on that NRT route. Service seems pretty good, although I though TG had 3 choices in Y?

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): hen the crew came to welcome us as TG ROP gold members and offered us to choose our meal first, 2 options were omelette or shrimps congee. I went for the omelette.

= This is pretty impressive in YCL. I can't think of other carriers that do this --

Impressive report with TG doing things via text-book. Thanks again for writing this up.

Saludos,
A.

Quoting vieri (Reply 12): Jokes aside, we loved the herringbone J seats, was nowhere near as cramped as some described, I understand it is a wider design than the CX/ virgin variety. Proper flat bed, loads of elbow room and aisle access for all. heck I could even lay on my front and look out of the window, with the GE90 spinning away in all its glory, who needs IFE! Was quite a comedown when we had to fly on the older J seats back to LHR, was our 1st time on the 747-400's upper deck, and as excited as I was, it just wasnt as good as the herringbones.

   Sadly, I don't know how these J seats are compared with the others of CX or Virgin, never been on any of these seats before. But despite the angle flat J seats, I do like the 747-400 upper deck cozy 2-2 cabin.

Quoting gabrielchew (Reply 13): Nice report Win! Looks like TG is printing some good money on that NRT route. Service seems pretty good, although I though TG had 3 choices in Y?

Thanks Gabriel! TG is certainly doing very well on BKK-Japan route. TG offers 2 standard choices in Y, however in some cases (mostly on long haul flights), the crew will offer an additional of 1 or 2 options which would be the food they have left from Business class.

Quoting abrelosojos (Reply 14): = This is pretty impressive in YCL. I can't think of other carriers that do this -- Impressive report with TG doing things via text-book. Thanks again for writing this up. Saludos, A.

Hello abrelosojos! Thanks for the comment! From the end of last year, I notice TG was stepping up effort to recognise their frequent flyers. Last year when I was on BKK-LHR in Y, I noticed that all *G travelling in Y got given a fast track card to use on arrival immigration!

Thanks,
Win

Hi

Nice trip report, thanks for sharing it with us today.
Nice trip over to NRT, 9W's 77Ws still look in great condition. I flew on these planes with Jet in 2008 from BRU to EWR and back and I had an excellent trip.
Thanks for giving some Tokyo pics as well.

Greetings
Marc

Quoting MSS658 (Reply 16): Hi Nice trip report, thanks for sharing it with us today.

Hi Marc! Thanks for reading and really glad you enjoyed it!

Quoting MSS658 (Reply 16): Nice trip over to NRT, 9W's 77Ws still look in great condition. I flew on these planes with Jet in 2008 from BRU to EWR and back and I had an excellent trip.

  

Quoting MSS658 (Reply 16): Thanks for giving some Tokyo pics as well.

No problem, really liked the city and the people. Already wants to go back  

Thanks
Win

Hi there Win,

Thanks very much for sharing your trip to Japan. Nice to see pictures of the destination as well.

The lounges seem better than European (and US) lounges and the personnel, perhaps, more accommodating...

Interesting aircraft, as well, with a slightly different history, I gather  

Thanks again for sharing; I've certainly enjoyed reading your report.

Hello Win,

Nice TR! What a contrast with (one of) your previous report(s) on TG, this aircraft looks very nice inside out. No retro colours, but a nice tone of maroon/purple. Is the seat pitch also generous as on the older aircraft?

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): Then the crew came to welcome us as TG ROP gold members and offered us to choose our meal first, 2 options were omelette or shrimps congee.

Nice of the crew to acknowledge your status and presence.

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): so we went to the airport mall for lunch

Another airport with a mall  Wasn’t there a viewing platform?

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): When the crew saw me taking pictures, she jokingly said ‘beautiful seats, aren’t they, unfortunately they are not ours, the plane is leased from another airline’ I can’t wait to see the interior of 777-300ER TG will get delivered soon.

Oh? Whose aircraft and interior was it then, any idea?

Sultanils

Hello Win,

Very nice report with beautiful pictures. I mostly like your review of Suvarnabhumi and Japanese cuisine. Lovely!

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): We asked TG ladies at the front desksif we could use the private room, she kindly came and unlocked one of the two private rooms and let us in.

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): TG ground staff were very strict on this.

Way to go, TG!   

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): There was a Japanese crew onboard as well and she did not were the traditional Thai dress

Nice service for Japanese speaking customers!

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): Arrived at the airport very early (too early) at around 13:40 for a 16:55 flight to Bangkok

Is there any spotting terrace? You could have spent some time there.

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): Very nice snack and refreshments

Especially the Japanese ones!   

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): she jokingly said ‘beautiful seats, aren’t they, unfortunately they are not ours, the plane is leased from another airline’

What did you say? Something like ‘So I assume your seats are even more beautiful’?   

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): we could see mt. Fuji very clear, sadly being on the left-ish side, I couldn’t see anything

What a pity. Did anyone of your group get assigned a window seat? If so, you could have asked the person to take a photo of Mt. Fuji for you.

Quoting win1290 (Thread starter): an option of vanilla or green tea ice creams was offered.

Green tea ice cream? Exotic! I would have opted for that one.


Thanks a lot for sharing.

Best wishes,
Suryo

Quoting dc9northwest (Reply 18): Hi there Win, Thanks very much for sharing your trip to Japan. Nice to see pictures of the destination as well.

Quoting dc9northwest (Reply 18): Thanks again for sharing; I've certainly enjoyed reading your report.

Hi dc9northwest, thanks for reading and commenting! very glad you enjoyed.

Quoting dc9northwest (Reply 18): The lounges seem better than European (and US) lounges and the personnel, perhaps, more accommodating...

Just up to quite recent few years I noticed an improvement on TG's lounge at BKK. I haven't been to an airport lounge in the US (I have only been to the US only once) but I have been to a few in Europe, and overall I don't think they are much worse. But I do think that the staff at TG lounge were very friendly and as you said accommodating  

Quoting dc9northwest (Reply 18): Interesting aircraft, as well, with a slightly different history, I gather

Indeed, TG leased it from Jet Airways of India.

Quoting sultanils (Reply 19): Hello Win, Nice TR! What a contrast with (one of) your previous report(s) on TG, this aircraft looks very nice inside out. No retro colours, but a nice tone of maroon/purple. Is the seat pitch also generous as on the older aircraft?

Hi Sultanils. Thanks a lot! The seats look quite elegant indeed. The seat pitch of 32 inch is marginally less than TG's usual 34 inch though. But for me, the space was good as I am not very tall at all.  

Quoting sultanils (Reply 19): Nice of the crew to acknowledge your status and presence.

Its even more nice when our parents, who don't have *G, also get the same recognition.

Quoting sultanils (Reply 19): Another airport with a mall  Wasn’t there a viewing platform?

Don't think there was a good viewing area at check-in area. But after security and passport check there were few good spots.

Quoting sultanils (Reply 19): Oh? Whose aircraft and interior was it then, any idea?

TG leased this aircraft from Jet Airways. Its not long now (I think in the next year or so) that the lease contract will end and TG will get its very own 777-300ER.

Quoting akhmad (Reply 20): Hello Win, Very nice report with beautiful pictures. I mostly like your review of Suvarnabhumi and Japanese cuisine. Lovely!

Hi Suryo! Many thanks for the nice words! I also like Japanese cuisine  

Quoting akhmad (Reply 20): Way to go, TG!

  

Quoting akhmad (Reply 20): Nice service for Japanese speaking customers!

Indeed. I was also surprised when the pilot made some Japanese announcements after Thai and English.

Quoting akhmad (Reply 20): Is there any spotting terrace? You could have spent some time there.

Unfortunately, I didn't see any spotting area prior to security and passport check.

Quoting akhmad (Reply 20): Especially the Japanese ones!

Love the noodle bar as well.

Quoting akhmad (Reply 20): What did you say? Something like ‘So I assume your seats are even more beautiful’?

hehe, I said something like, I couldn't wait until I see the brand new TG seats, I hope they are more beautiful  

Quoting akhmad (Reply 20): What a pity. Did anyone of your group get assigned a window seat? If so, you could have asked the person to take a photo of Mt. Fuji for you.

Unfortunately no, there were 4 of us travelling and we got 3 middle seats and 1 aisle seat on the side.   we were waitlisted on the return flight and only got a confirmed travel just over a week before our travel date, and at the time, the window seats were booked up.

Quoting akhmad (Reply 20): Green tea ice cream? Exotic! I would have opted for that one.

Hehe, I also like Green tea, I like all ice cream    but naturally I just went for the more sweet option 

Quoting akhmad (Reply 20): Thanks a lot for sharing.

Thanks for reading.

Regards,
Win

Nice report, thanks for posting. Thai looks great, and all these recent reports about Tokyo makes me want to visit it too!

Quoting roberts87 (Reply 22): Nice report, thanks for posting. Thai looks great, and all these recent reports about Tokyo makes me want to visit it too!

Thanks Roberts87! Tokyo was really great, I really want to go back again!

Regards
Win

Hey Win, great report!

Nice to see the 77W operating the NRT route, a nice change from the worn down 744s. Seems like many airlines who leased the 9W 77W's seem very happy with them, even so that they ordered them. Any idea when TG will receive theirs?

The service on Thai looked fantastic as usual, really like the way the crew greets every *G passenger and asks for meal preference. This would never ever in the history of mankind have happened on SAS  
Had no idea such services were even offered, but it does provide a good personal touch when flying in Economy. Is this the norm on all asian airlines?

Pictures from Tokyo looked faboulus, can't wait to go there myself in September. Sadly though I'll be flying Skyteam  

"Wheels Up!"
//Jonas

Quoting LH4116 (Reply 24): Hey Win, great report!

Hey Jonas! Thanks a lot!

Quoting LH4116 (Reply 24): Nice to see the 77W operating the NRT route, a nice change from the worn down 744s. Seems like many airlines who leased the 9W 77W's seem very happy with them, even so that they ordered them. Any idea when TG will receive theirs?

It was very nice to go on 77W. Now TG operates 3 daily flights from Bangkok to Tokyo Narita, using 77W, A330-300 and Boeing 747-400. TG seems very happy with the aircraft indeed, it has 14 on order. The first 2 will arrive this year, and it will be using on BKK-NRT from Mid-August.

Quoting LH4116 (Reply 24): The service on Thai looked fantastic as usual, really like the way the crew greets every *G passenger and asks for meal preference. This would never ever in the history of mankind have happened on SAS

Haha, I agree, it was very good. However, it seems to me that TG is still quite inconsistent on that respect. Well, this *G greeting didn't happen on my most recent flight BKK-LHR with them. Also, last year when I travelled BKK-LHR in Y, all *G also got given a fast track invitation to use at Heathrow arrival, again, didn't happen on the flight last week  .
Well, who knows, may be it will happen on SAS  

Quoting LH4116 (Reply 24): Is this the norm on all asian airlines?

I am not sure on that, I usually travel with TG

Quoting LH4116 (Reply 24): Pictures from Tokyo looked faboulus, can't wait to go there myself in September. Sadly though I'll be flying Skyteam

Thanks! really enjoyed my time in Tokyo. Hope you have a nice trip  

Regards
Win

Very nice TR!
I enjoy the mood lights!
It reminds me of my trip report: Magical Lights Of The 777: LY 777 TLV-CDG In C (by LY777 Aug 23 2010 in Trip Reports)?threadid=174515&searchid=190755&s=MAGICAL#ID190755

Quoting LY777 (Reply 26): Very nice TR!

Thanks LY777,

Quoting LY777 (Reply 26): I enjoy the mood lights!

Me as well, it gives a very nice ambience. The mood lighting used on the flight in your report looks very similar indeed.

Regards,
Win

Quoting abrelosojos (Reply 14): = This is pretty impressive in YCL. I can't think of other carriers that do this --

Back when I was still PPS Club with SQ, I was twice greeted by the purser while flying in Y who on both occasions told me if I needed anything to contact her directly. Not sure if they still do this.

Very nice TR.

Cheers
Coal

Quoting Coal (Reply 28): Back when I was still PPS Club with SQ, I was twice greeted by the purser while flying in Y who on both occasions told me if I needed anything to contact her directly. Not sure if they still do this.

That sounds very impressive on SQ.

Quoting Coal (Reply 28): Very nice TR.

Thanks Coal,

Regards,
Win

Nice report and pictures, thanks for sharing.

Food looks decent and good to see you had first choice due to status, quite impressed with that.

Both of the machines you flew are leased from Jet Airways, would be interesting to see what the new build TG 77W's are like when they arrive.

The ANA lounge @ NRT is great, wonderful views too.

Cheers

Mark

Hi Mark,

Quoting ba319-131 (Reply 30): Nice report and pictures, thanks for sharing.

Thanks a lot, I am very glad you enjoyed it.

Quoting ba319-131 (Reply 30): Food looks decent and good to see you had first choice due to status, quite impressed with that.

Food was very nice and authentically Thai (on the inbound). It was very good that my parents who didn't have the status also got offered to choose the meal first. While this idea is very good, TG hasn't been consistent with it. This didn't happen on my most recent flight BKK-LHR.

Quoting ba319-131 (Reply 30): Both of the machines you flew are leased from Jet Airways, would be interesting to see what the new build TG 77W's are like when they arrive.

Indeed. TG will be using its very own 77W on BKK-NRT route from mid-August and would be very nice to see the new interior, which I believe to be the very same to the one offered on TG A380 but without the First Class.

Quoting ba319-131 (Reply 30): The ANA lounge @ NRT is great, wonderful views too

Love the Noddle bar at the lounge, and its also very conveniently located very close to the boarding gate.

Thanks

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