Thai Airways
Airbus A300F4-622R
Phuket (HKT / VTSP)
Thailand, January 26, 2004
HS-TAK At last – somewhere to rival St.Maarten-Princess Juliana !!! About to touch down on rwy 27 at Phuket, the end of the runway is less than 100 yds from the beach. Spotting paradise found and not a soul in sight for miles !!!
By: T5 - 4th February 2004 at 18:24
Flying from Bangkok to Phuket, you have so much choice as to what you fly on.
Thai Airways and their A300s, 773s and 734s and of course, Bangkok Airways and their 717s. Wouldn’t have a clue as to whether or not Orient Thai fly the route though.
By: Bmused55 - 4th February 2004 at 15:59
Originally posted by greekdude1
Who does that, BA or a charter?Not bad for a 10 hour flight, eh? Prior to mid-June, it’s really cheap to fly to LHR from LAX, and vice versa apparantly.
It is indeed cheap. And I’ll probably go for the LAX option. BA all the way naturally.
As for the Phuket flight, a mix of BA and Thai. Not Direct at all, but one stop. So not too bad.
I’m hoping that if I book either of them, BA will include a free shuttleflight from Edinburgh to LHR and back again upon my return
By: greekdude1 - 4th February 2004 at 15:51
Originally posted by Bmused55
I’m thinking about flying direct to Phuket from Heathrow, I was quoted £600 return!
Who does that, BA or a charter?
Originally posted by Bmused55
Though I might just go to LAX instead, can do that for under £300 return, then a hop to SFO to see a friend.
Not bad for a 10 hour flight, eh? Prior to mid-June, it’s really cheap to fly to LHR from LAX, and vice versa apparantly.
By: Bmused55 - 4th February 2004 at 07:52
I’m thinking about flying direct to Phuket from Heathrow, I was quoted £600 return!
Though I might just go to LAX instead, can do that for under £300 return, then a hop to SFO to see a friend.
By: greekdude1 - 4th February 2004 at 04:32
Originally posted by T5
Thai Airways – £55 return with flights operated by a Boeing 777-300 (apparently?) and a Boeing 737-400.
That’s really cheap, I’d be all over that.
By: T5 - 3rd February 2004 at 22:02
Nope, Bangkok as per usual.
Was looking into the cost of flights from Bangkok to Phuket for a day trip perhaps. Might be worth it seeing as we’re there for a month! Not badly priced for Thai Airways – £55 return with flights operated by a Boeing 777-300 (apparently?) and a Boeing 737-400.
43 days now.. 😀
By: greekdude1 - 3rd February 2004 at 16:14
You going to HKT?
By: T5 - 2nd February 2004 at 22:31
ahh.. Just 44 days until my next trip to Thailand! 😀
By: greekdude1 - 2nd February 2004 at 20:10
There’s no barrier at SXM either. That’s the beauty of it.
By: wannabe pilot - 2nd February 2004 at 16:58
Yes I’ve seen pictuees from Phuket before, looks very nice! There doesn’t appear to be a barrier or anything in the way, maybe people just don’t like the idea of jet-blast!
By: Bmused55 - 2nd February 2004 at 11:15
I’ve seen other a.net photos from phuket. all of them seem to be from the same angle as this.
I wonder if there is a barrier preventing you from going directly under the aircraft as I’ve not seen one photo from that spot with such an angle.
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