Horizondave Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 For info for North American members. https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/transport/air-canada-launches-first-direct-north-america-thailand-flight-in-10-years 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Smooth Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Horizondave said: For info for North American members. https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/transport/air-canada-launches-first-direct-north-america-thailand-flight-in-10-years Wonder how long the flight would be and if Air Canada will specifically retrofit their seating in economy, so that people have an opportunity to have at least halfway decent legroom for what I'm sure will be at least a 16 hour flight? Good news though, more options for the traveling public can only be a positive thing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Mr. Smooth said: Wonder how long the flight would be and if Air Canada will specifically retrofit their seating in economy, so that people have an opportunity to have at least halfway decent legroom for what I'm sure will be at least a 16 hour flight? Good news though, more options for the traveling public can only be a positive thing. Might be an option for north west Americans coming from Seattle, San Francisco as an alternate to flights that go via Hong Kong, Seoul etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Think Air Canada and Thai Air Codeshare outta Heathrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Just now, Krapow said: Think Air Canada and Thai Air Codeshare outta Heathrow. Think that's EVA , sure I've used the Air Canada lounge before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Think that's EVA , sure I've used the Air Canada lounge before Maybe before, but the current Thai Air 12.30 daily flight definitely codeshares with Air Canada. From just now, Thai Air flight, clicked on the codeshare ... Edit - 3 hours delay as well lol Edited June 21, 2022 by Krapow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 Might code share with Thai but the Air Canada flight will operate out of Vancouver non stop via the Pacific to Bangkok. This is a new service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalEden Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On Flyer Talk nothing but complaints about Air Canada. In my opinion of all the non-US based carriers Air Canada is next to British Air on the Flyer Talk top disgruntled postings. My recommendation would be to do your due diligence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Any new service is welcome but we Canadians in general are not very fond of Air Canada either - I'll wait for some reviews before I look further at this particular flight. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, Mr. Smooth said: Wonder how long the flight would be and if Air Canada will specifically retrofit their seating in economy, so that people have an opportunity to have at least halfway decent legroom for what I'm sure will be at least a 16 hour flight? Good news though, more options for the traveling public can only be a positive thing. Info below about route (more or less over land and little water travel. Non stop, not direct). The route from Vancouver to Bangkok is some 7,344 miles (11,819km) long. It'll leave Vancouver on December 1st, with the first flight from the Thai capital on the 4th. It'll use B787-9s. Winter is the peak time to visit Thailand. While the first service from Canada is on a Thursday, it'll then operate to Asia on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, returning on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Ending in mid-April, the schedule is as follows, with all times local: Vancouver-Bangkok: AC65, 23:00-05:55+2 days (block time of 15h 55m) Bangkok-Vancouver: AC66, 08:30-06:35, arriving back the same day (13h 5m) Edited June 21, 2022 by Horizondave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Horizondave said: Info below about route (more or less over land and little water travel. Non stop, not direct). The route from Vancouver to Bangkok is some 7,344 miles (11,819km) long. It'll leave Vancouver on December 1st, with the first flight from the Thai capital on the 4th. It'll use B787-9s. Winter is the peak time to visit Thailand. While the first service from Canada is on a Thursday, it'll then operate to Asia on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, returning on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Ending in mid-April, the schedule is as follows, with all times local: Vancouver-Bangkok: AC65, 23:00-05:55+2 days (block time of 15h 55m) Bangkok-Vancouver: AC66, 08:30-06:35, arriving back the same day (13h 5m) Pretty sure that the Orcs Russia have banned Canadian flights from Russian airspace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesitisdakid Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 When Thai was flying LA to Bangkok I took it and the fact it was nonstop was nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 8 hours ago, Sherlock said: Pretty sure that the Orcs Russia have banned Canadian flights from Russian airspace! Maybe the route map is for info animation purposes only rather gospel. There is chat that the airline can avoid Russian Airspace by flying over the Bering sea and then Japan. A look on FlightRadar shows a lot of American flights flying south across the Bering sea and avoiding Russian airspace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 23 hours ago, Mr. Smooth said: Wonder how long the flight would be and if Air Canada will specifically retrofit their seating in economy, so that people have an opportunity to have at least halfway decent legroom for what I'm sure will be at least a 16 hour flight? Good news though, more options for the traveling public can only be a positive thing. Air Canada will use a Boeing 787-9 for this service, featuring a total of 298 seats. This includes 30 business class seats, 21 premium economy seats, and 247 economy class seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Horizondave said: Maybe the route map is for info animation purposes only rather gospel. There is chat that the airline can avoid Russian Airspace by flying over the Bering sea and then Japan. A look on FlightRadar shows a lot of American flights flying south across the Bering sea and avoiding Russian airspace. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 For me, it is STILL hard to imagine, even more so now that things are getting somewhat back to normal, that at least 1 airline cannot find a way to be profitable for them to offer perhaps a once per week flight non stop from the west coast here to Bangkok. I would think SFO would be a great choice for this. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalEden Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 22 hours ago, Horizondave said: Info below about route (more or less over land and little water travel. Non stop, not direct). The route from Vancouver to Bangkok is some 7,344 miles (11,819km) long. It'll leave Vancouver on December 1st, with the first flight from the Thai capital on the 4th. It'll use B787-9s. Winter is the peak time to visit Thailand. While the first service from Canada is on a Thursday, it'll then operate to Asia on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, returning on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Ending in mid-April, the schedule is as follows, with all times local: Vancouver-Bangkok: AC65, 23:00-05:55+2 days (block time of 15h 55m) Bangkok-Vancouver: AC66, 08:30-06:35, arriving back the same day (13h 5m) This schedule indicates to me Air Canada is doing this route on the cheap, utilizing one aircraft. If any serious equipment failures occur overseas, then replacement aircraft would have to come from Canada. Any flight disruptions would result in serious schedule disruptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Air Canada, EVA and THAI all Star Alliance members as well, I've no idea how the points work, plus if they share Aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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