hats Thai Airways (THAI) like as an international / domestic airline ?
Thai Airways is well regarded as an international carrier for friendly service and for having good leg-room in Economy class. Prices tend to be at the high end of the market. Domestic flights are also very good, cheap and safe. The standard is perhaps not up to what you would get on international flights, as the best stewardess, planes etc are promoted to the international routes. Nevertheless, 2001 has not been Thai Airways finest year by a long way. They are rumoured to be some US$2bn in debt and chairman Virabongsa Ramangkura has warned they may go under by 2004 if nothing is done. On March 3rd 2001, a domestic flight due to carry Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his son from Bangkok to Chiang Mai exploded at Don Muang only minutes before they was due to board it. An investigate report later concluded it was an accident caused by a malfunctioning air-con unit. In May, Thaksin publically declared that business and first class in THAI ‘sucks’, and that he would not fly it at
