Thai Airways International operates a fleet of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft from Airbus and Boeing.[1]
As of January 2024[update], Thai Airways International operates the following aircraft
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||||
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F | C | U | Y | Total | ||||
Airbus A320-200 | 6 | — | — | — | 14 | 156 | 168 | |
14 | 10 | 162 | 174 | |||||
Airbus A321neo | — | 12[2] | TBA | Deliveries to begin from mid 2025.[3] | ||||
Airbus A330-300 | 3 | 2[4] | — | 31 | — | 263 | 294 | Deliveries to begin from September 2024.[4] |
Airbus A350-900 | 12 | — | — | 32 | — | 289 | 321 | |
3 | 9[4][5] | 33 | 301 | 334 | Deliveries to begin from May 2023.[4][6] HS-THQ painted in Star Alliance livery | |||
2 | 30 | 309 | 339 | |||||
Boeing 777-200ER | 5 | — | — | 30 | — | 262 | 292 | |
Boeing 777-300ER | 3 | — | 8 | 40 | — | 255 | 303 | |
14 | — | 42 | 306 | 348 | To be retrofitted to 3-class.[citation needed] | |||
Boeing 787-8 | 6 | — | — | 24 | — | 240 | 264 | |
Boeing 787-9 | 2 | 1[4] | — | 30 | — | 268 | 298 | Deliveries to begin from 2024.[4] |
Total | 70 | 24 |
THAI's fleet development plans, as of December 2011,[7] for the period 2012–2022 is in three phases:
On 13 June 2011, Thai's Board of Directors announced it would purchase 15 aircraft and acquire the remaining 22 on operating leases. The purchased planes include 14 Boeing 777-300ERs, to be delivered in 2014 and 2015, and four Airbus A350-900s (2016 and 2017). The leased planes include six 787-8s and two 787-9s from US lessor International Lease Finance (ILFC). The 8 series will be delivered in 2014 and 2015, while the 9 series will be delivered in 2017. In addition, Thai will lease six A350-900s from Aviation Lease and Finance, to be delivered in 2017, and two A350-900s from CIT Aerospace International, which will deliver the aircraft in 2016. The airline will also lease six A320-200s from RBS Aerospace International, to be delivered in 2012 and 2013. All the operating leases have terms of 12 years each.[8][9]
On 20 January 2016, Thai Airways International PCL announced plans to postpone taking delivery of 14 planes for three years to reduce operating costs as the national airline restructured. The 14 planes include 12 Airbus A350s, two of which were due to be delivered in 2016, and two Boeing 787s.[10]
On 12 February 2016, Thai Airways announced it will continue to ground 10 Airbus A340s it had not been able to sell because flying the four-engine planes is not cost-effective, even after fuel prices plunged more than 40 percent in the previous year. Besides trying to offload the planes, which were used previously for long-haul destinations such as Frankfurt, the money-losing airline has cut routes and sold assets to bolster its balance sheet and operations.[11]
In 2017, Thai took delivery of seven new aircraft and decommissioned two leased Airbus A330-300s bringing its active fleet to 100 as of 31 December 2017.[12]
On 2 March 2021, Thai Airways submitted its rehabilitation plan to the Central Bankruptcy Court, followed by a press conference. Announced plans for the future of the airline including its fleet adjustments, reducing the number of aircraft types from 12 to five (or engine types from nine to four).[citation needed]