On March 31, 2024, Thai Airways resumed flights TG640/TG641, the airline’s third daily rotation between Bangkok Suvarnabhumi and Tokyo Narita. With that, combined with two daily flights to Haneda, Thai Airways offers five daily flights to Tokyo.
The newly resumed rotation was suspended in April 2020 due to the pandemic.
The five daily flights from Bangkok to Tokyo operate as follows:
- TG676 / Bangkok Suvarnabhumi – Tokyo Narita / 7:35AM – 3:45PM
- TG660 / Bangkok Suvarnabhumi – Tokyo Haneda / 1:00PM – 9:10PM
- TG640* / Bangkok Suvarnabhumi – Tokyo Narita / 10:10PM – 6:20AM+1
- TG682 / Bangkok Suvarnabhumi – Tokyo Haneda / 10:45PM – 6:55AM+1
- TG642 / Bangkok Suvarnabhumi – Tokyo Narita / 11:50PM – 8:10AM+1
* Resumed on March 31, 2024.
The return flights to Bangkok operate as follows:
- TG661 / Tokyo Haneda – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi / 12:20AM – 4:50AM
- TG683 / Tokyo Haneda – Bangkokok Suvarnabhumi / 10:35AM – 3:05PM
- TG641* / Tokyo Narita – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi / 10:50AM – 3:20PM
- TG643 / Tokyo Narita – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi / 12:00PM – 4:30PM
- TG677 / Tokyo Narita – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi / 5:25PM – 9:55PM
* Resumed on April 1, 2024.
The newly added rotation will be operated using Airbus A330-300 aircraft with 293 seats including 31 in business and 262 in economy class before being upgauged to the A350-900 with 320 seats including 32 in business and 288 in economy class. The remaining two Narita rotations are operated using Boeing 777-300ERs and the two Haneda flights using A350-900s.
Thai Airways competes on the Bangkok – Tokyo routes with ANA and JAL, both of which offer one daily flight to Thailand’s capital from Narita and two from Haneda. Low-cost airlines including Thai AirAsia X (double daily), ZIPAIR (daily), and AirJapan (six times a week) also connect Tokyo Narita with Bangkok Suvarnabhumi.
