Thai Airways introduces A350 on Bangkok-Melbourne service

2 October, 2017

Thai Airways announced (01-Oct-2017) a change in equipment on Bangkok Suvarnabhumi-Melbourne service. Highlights include:

  • A350-900 replaces Boeing 777-200 equipment;
  • Capacity increases by 224 seats weekly into Thailand;
  • Thailand is currently the ninth most visited outbound destination from Melbourne;
  • Victoria's Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources statistics for the year ending Jun-2017 estimated Victorians took 167,900 trips to Thailand, +5.4% year-on-year. [more - original PR]