After a nearly five-year pause, British Airways has resumed its service to Bangkok with a Boeing 777-200 aircraft. The British flag carrier will operate three-times-a-week to the Thai capital city from London Gatwick. The route will see a further increase to five times per week in January and February 2025.
In response to the pandemic, the British airline suspended flights from London Heathrow to Bangkok in 2020. Later, the carrier provided the service to Bangkok by codesharing with Qatar Airways.
“We know that Bangkok has been a highly anticipated route restart, so we are thrilled to see it firmly back on our global route map,” Neil Chernoff, British Airways’ chief planning and strategy officer, said.
Trent 1000 Issues
The airline has successfully resumed its service to Thailand. However, it suffers a major setback in spreading its wings to other Asian countries. Earlier, the airline announced that the launch date of flights to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will be delayed by six months. In addition, the flight frequencies to Doha, Qatar will be halved as a result of delays in the delivery of engines and parts from Rolls-Royce. Its Trent 1000 engines power the Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
Moreover, the carrier has cancelled 103 flights between London Gatwick to New York-JFK from Dec. 12 for five months over the engine issues.
“We’ve taken this action because we do not believe the issue will be solved quickly,” British Airways said in a statement to the Financial Times.
