Thai Airways International

"Thai Airways" redirects here. For the defunct regional airline, see Thai Airways Company.
Thai Airways
บริษัท การบินไทย จำกัด (มหาชน)
IATA ICAO Call sign
TG THA THAI
Founded29 March 1960; 64 years ago (1960-03-29)
(as Thai International)
Commenced operations1 April 1988; 36 years ago (1988-04-01)
(merger with Thai Airways Company)
AOC #AOC.0003[1]
HubsBangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programRoyal Orchid Plus
AllianceStar Alliance
Subsidiaries
  • Thai Catering
  • Thai Cargo
  • Thai Crew Center
  • Thai Flight Training Center
  • Thai Ground Services
  • Thai Technical
  • Wingspan Services
  • Nok Air (8.91%)[2]
Fleet size79
Destinations65[3]
Parent companyMinistry of Finance (47.86%)
Traded asSET: THAI
Headquarters89 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Key people
RevenueIncrease ฿57,554 million (Q3 2024)[5]
Net incomeIncrease ฿12,483 million (Q3 2024)[5]
Total assetsDecrease ฿263,743 million (Q3 2024)[5]
Employees5,000 (2024)
Websitewww.thaiairways.com

Thai Airways International plc (Thai: บริษัท การบินไทย จำกัด (มหาชน)) is the flag carrier airline of Thailand.[6][7][8] Formed in 1961 as a joint venture between SAS and Thai Airways Company, the airline has its corporate headquarters in Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Chatuchak district, Bangkok,[9][10] and primarily operates from Suvarnabhumi Airport. THAI is a founding member of the Star Alliance. The airline is the second-largest shareholder of the low-cost carrier Nok Air with a 8.91 per cent stake (2021),[11] and it launched a regional carrier under the name Thai Smile in the middle of 2012 using new Airbus A320 aircraft.[12] In 2023, it was announced that Thai Smile would be merged back into Thai Airways.[13]

Operating from its primary hub at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, THAI currently serves 51 international and 10 domestic destinations using a fleet of 79 aircraft consisting of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft from both Boeing and Airbus with 89 aircraft on order as of October 2024, with plans to increase its fleet to 143 aircraft by 2029. Currently THAI's route network is dominated by flights to cities in Europe, Asia and Oceania flying to 30 countries as of August 2024 including 9 domestic routes. THAI was the first Asia-Pacific airline to serve Heathrow Airport. Among Asia-Pacific carriers, the company has one of the largest passenger operations in Europe serving 11 airports. As of 2024, the longest route THAI operates is the Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) to Heathrow Airport (LHR) (9,576 km [5,950 mi]). As of 2013, services between Bangkok and Los Angeles were served via Incheon International Airport near Seoul until the airline ended its flights to the United States on 25 October 2015.[14] As of the end of 2019, 1,438 of its 22,054 employees were pilots.[15][16]

  1. ^ "List of Thailand Air Operator Certificate Holders". Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. ^ "AFFILIATES". Thai Airways. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Thai Airways on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 5 Sep 2024.
  4. ^ "EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM". Thai Airways. Bangkok. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Financial Statement Q2/2024" (PDF). thaiairways.com. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  6. ^ Yuda, Masayuki (29 May 2020). "Thai Airways: pandemic delivers final blow to mismanaged carrier". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. ^ Kositchotethana, Boonsong (26 May 2015). "Carriers in Asia Pacific stuck in red". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  8. ^ Yukako, Ono. "Flag carrier back in black helped by cheap oil, forex gain in Q1". Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Details of Shareholders and Board of Directors" (PDF). Thai Airways International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  10. ^ "Addresses and contact numbers". Thai Airways International. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
  11. ^ "Major Shareholder". Nok Air. Archived from the original on 9 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  12. ^ "THAI realigns plan for a better year". The Nation. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  13. ^ Cross, Lee (2023-05-18). "Thai Smile to be Re-Absorbed into Thai Airways International". Airways. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  14. ^ "THAI Cancels Los Angeles / Rome Service from late-Oct 2015". Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  15. ^ Annual Report 2018 Thai Airways International PCL (PDF). 2019. p. 82. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  16. ^ Sritama, Suchat (20 December 2018). "THAI pilots to get higher allowances". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 17 January 2019.