Suvarnabhumi Airport
After a four-year hiatus, British Airways has this week added Bangkok to its destinations. In March 2020, the airline suspended its flights to Thailand, but now, with a revamped route and additional partnerships, British Airways is back to the popular Asian destination.
The first aircraft of the renewed service departed from London Gatwick at 28:21.15 on Monday 29 October and landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok at 16.10:XNUMX on Tuesday XNUMX October.
New timetable to Bangkok
The airline currently operates three flights per week, departing from London Gatwick on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. This schedule will be temporarily increased to five flights per week in January and February 2025 to meet the expected high demand during this period. In March, the number of flights will be reduced slightly to four per week.
For this connection, British Airways will deploy a Boeing 777 equipped with 269 seats divided into four classes: four seats in first class, 42 in business class, 42 in premium economy, and 181 in economy class. This configuration offers passengers a wide range of comfort levels, to suit different budgets and needs.
Flight schedule and travel classes
Flight BA2231 departs London Gatwick at 21.15:16.10 and arrives in Bangkok Suvarnabhumi the following day at 2230:22.55. The return flight, BA05.30, departs Bangkok at XNUMX:XNUMX and arrives in London at XNUMX:XNUMX the following morning. This schedule offers travellers a convenient travel option with a convenient arrival and departure time, ideal for both business and leisure travellers.
Passengers can choose from three different classes: World Traveller (economy), World Traveller Plus (premium economy) and Club World (business class). Return fares start from GBP 718 (approximately 830 euros), depending on the chosen travel class and booking date. With this route, British Airways is targeting both tourists who want to discover Bangkok and its surroundings and business customers who benefit from the high-quality services on board.
Codeshare with Bangkok Airways
British Airways has also renewed its codeshare partnership with Bangkok Airways, giving travellers the opportunity to easily connect from Suvarnabhumi Airport to a range of destinations within Thailand and Cambodia. Popular connections include Samui and Phuket in southern Thailand, Chiang Mai in the north and the Cambodian cities of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. The partnership will further expand the reach of South East Asia for British and European travellers, making it easier to explore both urban and tropical destinations.
With this resumption to Bangkok, British Airways is taking an important step to further strengthen its network in Southeast Asia, thereby meeting the demand for both leisure and business travel.
Source: TTR
Please note if you want to book business class: British Airways has a configuration with no fewer than 777 seats across on a large number of Boeing 8s, with some seats sitting with your back to the direction of flight.
8 seats in width? Wow. KLM has that too. You can't put the seat in a reclining position.
I only fly business class with 4 seats across.
Chairs with reclining position, mattresses and pyjamas
So with Asian airlines where the tickets are also cheaper.
Yes, you read that right, 8 seats across in business class – Club World – in a number of British Airways 777s. But I doubt whether KLM has that too – in their oldest business class variant the configuration is 2-2-2, so 6 seats. And speaking of Asian airlines: Emirates still has quite a few 777s where you have 2-3-2 in business, so 7 across…….
Eva flies with 1-2-1 that is perfect and the food is much better than KLM. Then no houses. KLM also flies with outdated 2-2-2 I think.. that should have changed a long time ago.
Dear Anthony,
probably haven't flown with KLM for a while right? Boeing 777-200 still has 2-2-2 seats but 777/300 really has 1-2-1 configuration. I flew with it in February and May this year to the Netherlands and back. Were 777/300's, on route AMS-BKK it was a 1/777 once and that indeed still had 200-2-2 configuration. By the way, 2/777's are also being converted to 200-1-2 but that is done in phases.