Thai Airways A380 BREATHTAKING Business Class to Bangkok, MUST SEE! [AirClips full flight series] | Tokyo
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Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, also trading as THAI is the flag carrier airline of Thailand. Formed in 1988, the airline has its corporate headquarters in Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Chatuchak District, Bangkok, and primarily operates out of Suvarnabhumi Airport. THAI is a founding member of the Star Alliance. The airline is the largest shareholder of the low-cost carrier Nok Air with a 49% stake, and it launched a regional carrier under the name Thai Smile in the middle of 2012 using new Airbus A320 aircraft. From its hub at Suvarnabhumi Airport, THAI flies to 78 destinations in 35 countries, using a fleet of more than 80 aircraft. The airline was once the operator of two of the world's longest non-stop routes between Bangkok and Los Angeles and New York City, but due to high fuel prices, the withdrawal of aircraft, luggage weight limits and rising airfares, the airline abandoned all non-stop U.S. services in 2012 indefinitely. As of 2013, services between Bangkok and Los Angeles are served via Incheon International Airport near Seoul. THAI's route network is dominated by flights to Europe, East Asia, and South/Southwest Asia, though the airline serves Johannesburg in South Africa and five cities in Oceania. THAI was the first Asia-Pacific airline to serve London Heathrow Airport. Among Asia-Pacific carriers, THAI has one of the largest passenger operations in Europe. THAI is currently an official sponsor of Bangkok United and Red Bull Racing. While celebrating its 50-year anniversary in 2010, THAI, spearheaded by Piyasvasti Amranand, its president and a former energy minister, charted new plans for the airline's future, including a significant aircraft fleet renewal and an upgrade of existing services. THAI has since placed orders for a number of aircraft, including the cost-efficient Boeing 787 and Airbus A350, and it has also launched a refurbishment of its Boeing 747 and 777 cabins. Mindful of rising fuel costs, the airline have now phased-out the most inefficient aircraft, including its Airbus A340-500s. The airline took delivery of its first Airbus A380 aircraft in the last half of 2012, intending to eventually deploy the aircraft on its core European routes. THAI has also resumed its network expansion with the resumption of flights to Brussels, in addition to a new non-stop flight from Copenhagen to Phuket. At the same time, the Greek debt crisis caused THAI to suspend its services to Athens. As part of THAI's broader growth strategy in the region, THAI launched a regional carrier with light-premium services, Thai Smile which operate narrow-bodied Airbus A320-200 on regional and domestic routes. The new airline initiated commercial operations in July 2012, after its first A320s were received. THAI expects to be the first carrier in Asia to fly commercial flights using biofuels. The carrier launched the initiative with experimental flights in December 2011 as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility program, otherwise known as "Travel Green." THAI hopes to stimulate sustained biofuel production in Thailand by working with Thai government agencies and regional corporate partners, such as PTT Public Company Limited. The effort aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in regional air travel as well as position Thailand to be the "bio hub" of Asia. The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner, and the airports at which it operates have upgraded facilities to accommodate it. It was initially named Airbus A3XX and designed to challenge Boeing's monopoly in the large-aircraft market. The A380 made its first flight on 27 April 2005 and entered commercial service in October 2007 with Singapore Airlines. The A380's upper deck extends along the entire length of the fuselage, with a width equivalent to a wide-body aircraft. This gives the A380-800's cabin 478 square metres (5,145.1 sq ft) of usable floor space, 40% more than the next largest airliner, the Boeing 747-8, and provides seating for 525 people in a typical three-class configuration or up to 853 people in an all-economy class configuration. The A380-800 has a design range of 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km), sufficient to fly nonstop from Dallas to Sydney, and a cruising speed of Mach 0.85 (about 900 km/h, 560 mph or 490 kn at cruising altitude). As of May 2015, Airbus had received 317 firm orders and delivered 162 aircraft; Emirates has the most A380s on order with 140 and 60 delivered.
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Excellent video. Aircraft's English speaker during landing hwas bad though, Thai accent is really not good, you could barely understand what she's saying.
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What seat are you in? So I can get the seat seat as you..^_^
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Not many people in the back eco, i like it.
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Really great video, thank you.
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Amazing video. I have added a link to the video on my humble blog. Great flight report. One of the TG A380 reports on YouTube for sure.
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where is it going from ____________ to Bangkok
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Stunning
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Love that A380 its a great airliner
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Superb video. How could anyone give a thumbs down ???
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And which aircraft would you choose to fly in long distance economy? Do you believe the claim of Airbus that the A380 draws extra business?
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Great video! Thanks for sharing.
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Great VID
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Well, super awesome flight.. love also the A380, subscribed!
They are quiet airplanes.. When i flew with Qatar, Thai and Emirates! Thank you. -
At the time of my viewing you had just over 11000 views. This video deserves many many more !!
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It`s still a little mistery to me how easily that mighty bird lifts up to the climb. 520tons are beeing lifted like it is nothing. At the first 150meters you think that this elephant never ever gets the needed speed but then the punch from the engines comes and you feel the dynamic. This was a feeling i never ever will forget........By the way: I really like your videos and the way you make them. If you need me as a personal flight companion feel free to contact me.....
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A very clean cut and professional video. The only thing I could think of would be some gentle music from time to time perhaps but it is not a big issue. Well done. btw is there anything that was either bad or could be improved on re the flight or was it faultless?
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very amazing video!!!
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Try Qatar Airways A380 business class. Much much better than this.
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Good video..................
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the airplane is almost empty?! how does thai earn money?