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THAI takes delivery of final A350, for now
May 11th 2018
Thai Airways International (THAI) has taken delivery of its twelfth and final A350-900. Read More » It entered revenue service this week. The airline received its first A350 in August 2016. THAI has no additional widebody aircraft on order from Airbus and Boeing, but that is bound to change.
The state-controlled airline is due for a widebody order and Orient Aviation understands that more A350s, but also more B787s, will join the carrier’s fleet. THAI is replacing older B777s, B747s and A330 with A350s on flights to Australia, Europe, the Middle East and on regional services particularly to Japan.
THAI operates six A380s, 12 A350s, 10 B747-400s, 32 B777s, 15 A330-300s, six B787-8s and two B787-9s. Some of its B787s, including its first -9, remain grounded because of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 issues. The airline’s Thai Smile subsidiary has 20 A320ceo.
