Thai Airways extends suspension of flights until Sept 1, 2020
Thai Airways International (Thai) has extended its suspension of flights to get yet another month.
Thailand's national carrier had at first prepared to resume flights in June, nonetheless it was reported in April that this have been postponed by per month until the beginning of July, with the airline building an official announcement on, may 18.
A good contact at Thai Airways, who asked not to be named, said in late-Can that flights were to resume over August 1, 2020, at the initial.
On July 8, it had been discovered that the Thai flag carrier has cancelled most of its flights in August, and is currently planning to resume flights on September 1, 2020, at the initial.
The airline plans to stagger the resumption of flights with select key routes launching first.
It will also reduce the frequency and downsize the aircraft applied to routes. London, for example is generally a double daily program that utilises an Airbus A380 and Boeing 777, but will resume as a daily Boeing 777 airline flight once TG's planes get off the ground.
Some routes is only going to resume on October 25, around the start of the northern winter schedule.
Thai Airways has not made the official statement on this most recent extension to September 1, nor shared any information on the resumption of flights.
TG's continued suspension of flights raises several questions for all those currently in Thailand holding out to fly residence, and for all those overseas waiting to get back.
At the moment, the visa amnesty in Thailand lasts until July 31, even though there are several airlines that are operating passenger flights ex-Thailand only, persons holding tickets with TG won't want to spend money on a fresh ticket, in fact it is not sharp if they would be permitted to transfer to another Star Alliance carrier free of charge. Superstar Alliance has been extremely quiet on this
It is likewise not clear when people that have tickets on Thai Airways would be allowed to return to Thailand. The airline happens to be operating repatriation flights, but they are only open to Thais and any foreigners attempting to get a chair must meet a strict and limiting standards which involves spending money on 14-16 times in quarantine.
