[Flight Review] TG643 Narita - Bangkok | Thai Airways Economy Class | 6 June 2024

Flying with Thai Airways from Tokyo Narita Airport to Bangkok was a pleasant experience. For convenience, we stayed at a hotel in Narita town the night before the flight. The Boeing 777 is a good and comfortable aircraft. The flight to BKK was smooth as silk, with a delicious lunch and TG standard services.

Trip Details
Airlines : Thai Airways Intl. (THA)
Flight : TG643
Date : 6 June 2024
From : Narita Airport (NRT) Japan
To : Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) Thailand
Dep Gate : 41
Arr Gate : S108
Aircraft : Boeing 777-300ER
Reg. : HS-TKY ; 9 yrs. "Yubhaphaka"
Seat : 51K
STD : 12.00
ATD : 12.23 (23 mins. late)
STA : 16.30
ATA : 16.19 (11 mins. early)
Cruising Altitude : 28/36/38,000 ft.
Total Flight Time : 5 hrs. 56 mins.

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**About the aircraft

The Boeing 777-300ER, registration HS-TKY, was delivered directly to Thai Airways in May 2015. The first six and last six Boeing 777-300ERs (regist. TKK-P / TKU-Z) were given female names. The name "Yubhaphaka" comes from a female character in the Thai epic poem Phra Aphai Mani by Sunthorn Phu. In this literature, there is a queen of Langka named 'Laweng Wanla,' who is possibly of European ethnicity. She adopted two stepdaughters from a Christian priest: 'Yubhaphaka' and 'Sulalivan.' Thus, these names were given to HS-TKY and HS-TKZ, respectively.
Before the pandemic, the Boeing 777-300ERs mostly flew on European and Australian routes, with some domestic and intra-Asian flights. However, since the older Boeing 777-200/300s (non-ER) as well as B747s and A380s were retired during the pandemic, the 14 Boeing 777-300ERs became the largest in the fleet and served all high-demand routes. Despite their extensive use, the hard products such as the in-flight entertainment (IFE) are of an older generation compared to the B787s and A350s.

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Full takeoff clip

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Full landing clip

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00:00 Intro
00:08 Train
00:25 Narita Airport
01:29 Boarding
02:08 Departure
02:36 Lunch
02:56 Inflight
03:25 Snack
03:34 Inflight
03:53 Descending
04:17 Arriving
04:40 BKK