As the airline’s restructuring process moves forward, Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has sold 19 aircraft, is negotiating purchase and sale agreements for another six, and is putting up for auction another 12 aircraft.
Thai Airways International revealed that since beginning the business rehabilitation process, a transitional court-supervised bankruptcy period similar to Chapter 11 that offers the airline protection from creditors, it has sold ten B747-400s and nine A340s, including both the A340-500 and A340-600 variants. This information was included in the notes that accompanied the release of Thai Airways International’s first quarter financial results on May 12. The airline claims that these planes have yet to be delivered to the buyers.
Thai Airways also reports that six B777-300s are the subject of purchase and sale agreements. In accordance with ch-aviation research, these aircraft are designated as HS-TKA (msn 29150), HS-TKB (msn 29151), HS-TKC (msn 29211), HS-TKD (msn 29212), HS-TKE (msn 29213), and HS-TKF (msn 29214). At Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, all six planes are presently in storage.
Thai Airways has finally declared its intention to sell six B777-200s and six A380-800s. The B777-200s up for sale are HS-TJA (msn 27726), HS-TJB (msn 27727), HS-TJC (msn 27728), HS-TJD (msn 27729), HS-TJD (msn 27729), HS-TJG (msn 27732), and HS-TJH (msn 27733). Except for HS-TJD, all are parked in Bangkok Suvarnabhumi. At Bangkok Don Mueang, HS-TJD is parked.
Thai Airways considered putting some of its A380-800s back into service, but ultimately decided against it. As a result, the airline is now looking to resell the aircraft. All six aircraft in the fleet, including the HS-TUA (msn 87), HS-TUB (msn 93), HS-TUC (msn 100), HS-TUD (msn 122), HS-TUE (msn 125), and HS-TUF (msn 131), are up for sale. Except for HS-TUE and HS-TUF, all of the fleets are at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, according to advanced data from ch-aviation. The two last planes are parked at Utapao Airport.
Since the start of the pandemic, these planes have been in storage. Thai Airways has worked hard to streamline and reduce the size of its fleet since beginning the business rehabilitation process. Nevertheless, it is reactivating a few chosen planes. The airline restarted one B777-200ER in the first three months of the year. Additionally, two new A350-900s will be unveiled during the current quarter.
The airline claims that it will use these aircraft on flights to Melbourne Tullamarine, Kunming Changshui, Beijing Capital, Chengdu Tianfu, Guangzhou, and Shanghai Pudong, where “passenger demand continues to grow strongly.”
