Thai Airways International operates a fleet of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft from Airbus and Boeing.[1]
, Thai Airways International operates the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | E | Total | Refs |
| 20 | |||
| Airbus A321neo |
|-!Total!77!79|}
THAI's fleet development plans, as of December 2011,[2] for the period 2012–2022 is in three phases:
On 13 June 2011, Thai's Board of Directors announced it would purchase 15 aircraft and acquire the remaining 22 on operating leases. The purchased planes include 14 Boeing 777-300ERs, to be delivered in 2014 and 2015, and four Airbus A350-900s (2016 and 2017). The leased planes include six 787-8s and two 787-9s from US lessor International Lease Finance (ILFC). The 8 series will be delivered in 2014 and 2015, while the 9 will be delivered in 2017. In addition, Thai will lease six A350-900s from Aviation Lease and Finance, to be delivered in 2017, and two A350-900s from CIT Aerospace International, which will deliver the aircraft in 2016. The airline will also lease six A320-200s from RBS Aerospace International, to be delivered in 2012 and 2013. All the operating leases have terms of 12 years each.[3] [4]
On 20 January 2016, Thai Airways International PCL announced plans to postpone the delivery of 14 planes for three years to reduce operating costs as the national airline restructured. The 14 planes include 12 Airbus A350s, two of which were due to be delivered in 2016, and two Boeing 787s.[5]
On 12 February 2016, Thai Airways announced it would continue to ground 10 Airbus A340s it had not been able to sell because flying the four-engine planes is not cost-effective, even after fuel prices plunged more than 40 percent in the previous year. Besides trying to offload the planes, used previously for long-haul destinations such as Frankfurt, the money-losing airline has cut routes and sold assets to bolster its balance sheet and operations.[6]
In 2017, Thai took delivery of seven new aircraft and decommissioned two leased Airbus A330-300s bringing its active fleet to 100 as of 31 December 2017.[7]
On 2 March 2021, Thai Airways submitted its rehabilitation plan to the Central Bankruptcy Court, followed by a press conference. Announced plans for the future of the airline including its fleet adjustments, reducing the number of aircraft types from 12 to five (or engine types from nine to four).
On 20 February 2024, Thai Airways announced an order for 45 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners from Boeing along with additional options for a further 45 aircraft. Additional options include orders for the Boeing 777X, as the airline looks to modernise and grow its widebody fleet and international network. Thai Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners will be equipped with GEnx engines. In total, Thai Airways ordered a total of 51 787-9 aircraft during the 2024 Singapore Air Show.[8]
| Total | Year Introduced | Year Retired | Replacement | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATR 42-320 | 2 | 1990 | 1998 | None | ||
| ATR 72-201 | 2 | 1990 | 2009 | None | ||
| Airbus A300B4 | 13 | 1977 | 1998 | Airbus A300-600R | ||
| Airbus A300-600R | 21 | 1985 | 2014 | Airbus A320-200 Airbus A330-300 Boeing 787 | ||
| Airbus A310-200 | 1 | 1988 | 2001 | Airbus A300-600R | Transferred from Thai Airways Company. | |
| 1 | 1998 | None | Crashed as flight TG261 | |||
| Airbus A310-300 | 1 | 1990 | 1993 | Airbus A300-600R | ||
| 1 | 1992 | None | Crashed as flight TG311 | |||
| Airbus A330-300 | 11 | 1994 | 2017 | Airbus A350-900 | Equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW4000. | |
| 12[9] | 2009 | 2020 | Equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 700. Early retirement due to COVID-19 pandemic. | |||
| 1 | 1995 | 2013 | None | Written off due to a runway excursion.[10] | ||
| Airbus A340-500 | 3 | 2005 | 2012 | Airbus A350-900 | All aircraft are listed for sale. | |
| 1 | Sold to Royal Thai Air Force.[11] | |||||
| Airbus A340-600 | 3 | 2005 | 2015 | Disposed to Hua An Aviation Parts Co. Ltd. | ||
| 3 | ||||||
| Airbus A380-800 | 6 | 2012 | 2020 | Early retirement due to COVID-19 pandemic.[12] All six aircraft are to be sold off. | ||
| Boeing 737-200 | 3 | 1988 | 1993 | Boeing 737-400 | Transferred from Thai Airways Company. | |
| Boeing 737-400 | 9 | 1990 | 2018 | Airbus A320-200 | ||
| 1 | 2001 | None | Destroyed by explosion as flight TG114 | |||
| Boeing 747-200B | 6 | 1979 | 1997 | Boeing 747-400 | ||
| Boeing 747-200F | 1 | 1996 | 1999 | Boeing 777F | ||
| Boeing 747-300 | 2 | 1987 | 2007 | Boeing 747-400 | ||
| Boeing 747-400 | 16 | 1990 | 2020 | Airbus A350-900 Boeing 777-300ER | Early retirement due to COVID-19 pandemic. | |
| 2 | 2011 | None | Converted into freighters and transferred to Thai Cargo. | |||
| Boeing 747-400BCF | 2 | 2012 | 2015 | None | Converted from passenger Boeing 747-400 Disposed to Aerotranscargo | |
| Boeing 777-200 | 8 | 1996 | 2020 | Airbus A350-900 Boeing 777-300ER | Early retirement due to COVID-19 pandemic. | |
| Boeing 777-300 | 6 | 1998 | 2020 | Airbus A350-900 Boeing 777-300ER | Early retirement due to COVID-19 pandemic. | |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 5 | 2010 | 2013 | Airbus A350-900 | Leased from Jet Airways. | |
| Boeing 777F | 2 | 2010 | 2012 | Boeing 747-400BCF | Leased from Southern Air. | |
| BAe 146-100 | 1 | 1989 | 1991 | Boeing 737 Classic | ||
| BAe 146-200 | 1 | 1989 | 1989 | Boeing 737 Classic | ||
| BAe 146-300 | 9 | 1989 | 1998 | Boeing 737 Classic | ||
| Canadair Challenger CL-601-3A-ER | 1 | 1991 | None | |||
| Convair 990 Coronado | 2 | 1962 | None | Operated by Scandinavian Airlines. | ||
| Douglas DC-6B | 7 | 1960 | 1964 | None | First aircraft in fleet. Leased from Scandinavian Airlines. | |
| Douglas DC-8-33 | 7 | 1970 | 1978 | None | Leased from International Airlease AB. | |
| Douglas DC-8-62 | 6 | 1972 | 1984 | None | Leased from Scandinavian Airlines. | |
| Douglas DC-8-63 | 4 | 1974 | 1985 | Airbus A300 | ||
| Douglas DC-8-61CF | 2 | 1977 | 1979 | None | Leased from Seaboard World Airlines. | |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41 | 3 | 1970 | 1972 | None | Leased from Scandinavian Airlines. | |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | 6 | 1975 | 1987 | Airbus A310 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30ER | 3 | 1987 | 1998 | Airbus A310 | Disposed to Northwest Airlines. | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | 4 | 1991 | 2006 | Boeing 777-200ER | Disposed to UPS Airlines. | |
| Short 330 | 4 | 1988 | 1992 | Boeing 737 Classic | Transferred from Thai Airways Company. | |
| Short 360 | 2 | 1988 | Boeing 737 Classic | Transferred from Thai Airways Company. | ||
| Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III | 15 | 1964 | 1968 | None | Leased from Scandinavian Airlines. |