BANGKOK AIRWAYS ATR72 Economy Class 🇹🇭【4K Trip Report Phuket to Koh Samui】The Island Express!

What's it like to fly from one beautiful Thai island to another beautiful Thai island on Bangkok Airways? Check out this 4K Trip Report to see for yourself!
Hi there! My name is Kevin and today we will take a deep dive into the full Bangkok Airways experience. We will check out the airport in Phuket, visit the Coral Lounge, get some great aircraft views and board our Turboprop via stairs. Enjoy the full in flight experience and see what snack service on a 40 minute domestic flight looks like and will will wrap it all up of course, with The Flip Flop Score.
🚨The graphic erroneously states thìs review as being filmed in February 2022. It is in fact from February 2023.
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Fare Paid: $98.40
Class: Economy
Inclusions: 15kg Check in, 5kg Carry on, Meal Service
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⇢ 18 May: (🇹🇭Ep. 9/12) Kimpton Kitalay Koh Samui, Thailand
⇢ 25 May: (🇹🇭Ep. 10/12) SAii Resort Choengmon Koh Samui, Thailand
⇢ 27 May: (🇹🇭Ep. 11/12) Bangkok Airways A320 Koh Samui to Bangkok
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--- Video Chapters ---
0:00 Flight preview
00:10 Intro
00:25 Welcome to Phuket
00:45 Phuket Domestic Terminal
00:55 Flight Info
01:10 Check in & Easy Carry On Policy
02:10 The Coral Lounge
02:35 Bangkok Airways History
02:45 Plane Spotting
03:10 Route Network & Owned Airports
03:40 83-84 Bus Gates
03:50 Big Boy Plane Spotting
04:50 Boarding our ATR72-600
05:06 Today’s Flight Stats
05:25 Tight Cabin
05:35 Economy Seat
06:00 Push Back & Taxi
06:30 Our Departure Routing
06:45 Spool Up, Take off & Airport Stats
07:45 Beautiful Island Views
08:10 Snack Service
09:05 Final Approach & Six Senses
09:45 Landing & Taxi
10:55 Deplaning & Bus to Terminal
11:45 Domestic Arrivals
11:55 Final Thoughts
12:10 The Flip Flop Score
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This is NOT a promotional video. I pay for all of my flights and hotels (and I always tell you how much!) so I can be as honest and impartial as possible. I do not receive any special treatment that wouldn’t otherwise be publicly accessible, in fact, the hotels and airlines have no idea about my visit and that's the way I like it!
#bangkokairways #phuket #tripreport

[@davenorth2903]

The “anonymous” bit is so important. For example, I don’t believe a word from Sam Chui and completely ignore his reviews. Keep up the good work.

[@brettkear2933]

Sam Chui is a fraud!! Sadly, Trek Trendy appears to be heading in the same direction.

[@tfft]

Ironically he posted at the exact moment I saw your notification come haha. I think the work Sam does needs to be done, but I agree that his videos simply shouldn’t be called reviews. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@tanzil88]

​@@brettkear2933 josh cahill n dan aviation also, in my opinion.

[@tfft]

Trek Trendy ironically used to speak out against Sam in his videos pretty directly in the past as well. My views remain the same. All kinds of content about the industry is relevant and welcome (even sponsored pieces)… but, we need to be careful with the word “review” and save it for unsponsored, preferably anonymous, trips. Trust me, in the far future, I’d LOVE to be a guy walking into a brand new Rosewood before it’s open to the public- or try out a new business class product before it’s flying… BUT if I do every get the chance to do such things, those are NOT reviews and I’ll make the distinction clear.

[@terryanderson341]

I think Flying Asia and FlightTravels bring honest content too, these are the people that I always support and the same goes for Flip Flop Traveller!

[@paulkazzer]

BKK Airways owning the Koh Samui airport gives the exclusivity. A great airline. If you turn up early they’ll bump you on the next flight. Always a pleasure to fly.

[@tfft]

Certainly is. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@KrabbyPatty19]

This is a really underrated channel. Keep up with the good work. I love your videos

[@tfft]

Appreciate that! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@dennisrettke]

Flew this exact route (and back) around a year ago. Loved it! Overall, Bangkok Airways is a neat little airline - always great service and no fuss.

[@tfft]

Thanks for sharing ✈️

[@leneeanderson4848]

Your content is so informative and I like your sense of humor! How this channel doesn't have more subs, I'll never know. Keep them coming!

[@tfft]

Thanks very much 🙏🏻

[@swayamkrishnan8273]

I just recently discovered this channel and I must say it is amazing!! Keep up the amazing work!

[@tfft]

Thanks very much for that and welcome to the channel!

[@raedmaklai3123]

Same with josh cahill.

[@GMaviation]

Another great video! You're videos are amazing:)

[@tfft]

Thanks very much 🙏🏻

[@affirmationstoday]

I have flown Bangkok many times in last 12 months and very happy. At one stage during covid (remember that) they were giving a paper carry bag with water, cake and roll when disembarking the plane so unsure what that was about. The Coral lounge is very basic but still nice and almost private. Great service but the best is you are away from the general terminal with screaming kids, disrespectful travellers laying across four seat and bags taking another 2 and their rubbish on another while senior citizens have to stand. Still waiting for the Kimpton report before i book my September trip although my stay at Intercontinental and Holiday Inn were brilliant, Kimpton and Six Sense same IHG group so expect the same although prices go up and makes it beyond me. As for the people bagging Sam Chui his videos are industry insights and behind the scenes and are great, if things are not what he expects he calls it out. They are different theme to flip flop traveller and well worth watching. 🙏👍

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@avishjha4030]

I'm pretty early! Always excited to see a new video from you!

[@tfft]

Appreciate that! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@brilliantbutblue]

Noticed the date error on the screen and you corrected it in the description box 👍 That meal/snack tray was better than what's served on some flights in premium economy, and they use real silverware, nice touch. The plane might be older and tired, but it has character, wouldn't want to be wearing short shorts my thighs would stick to the seats 😉

[@tfft]

Yes, luckily someone pointed that out so I was able to correct it in 7 other videos (🤦🏼‍♂️) before uploading them haha

[@stdoher]

Well done, great videos as always

[@tfft]

Thanks very much 🙏🏻

[@markprovan4332]

Love ya FFT.. highlight of my week.

[@tfft]

Thanks very much!

[@richyuen1]

Thank you for your unbiased reviews.

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@well-blazeredman6187]

Good review. Bonus points for not giving us more coverage of Q-suites. Good catering by the airline.

[@tfft]

Q-Suites only make up 3% of all of my trip reports right now 😅

[@jitkasemt.9548]

Kevin I’m your Thai fan. Thank you for great review.

[@tfft]

ขอบคุณครับ 🙏

[@ChechoDuque]

Nicely done!

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@etiennechoa2637]

great vid!

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@jwalenmanoj5533]

I solved that puzzle. Quite easy actually... Mariott Momi Bay, Fiji

[@tfft]

Well, it gets easier in each video 😅

[@PhoenixAviation006]

I did this exact same flight some time ago and it looks like nothing has changed :D Bangkok air is a nice little airline Also flew on their A320/19(idk what it was) back home to Mumbai and even that was an amazing flight

[@tfft]

They sure get the job done. My next trip report (after 4 resort videos) is a Bangkok Airways A320. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@PhoenixAviation006]

@@tfft They sure do :) Also was the A320 flight nice? Welcome :D

[@aljack1979]

Same here

[@denisesommer-roque3169]

Thanks

[@charliebrown5]

Thank You ✈️

[@tfft]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@tboy1236]

Hi Kevin - I noticed your resort videos in Thailand are mainly Phuket/Koh Samui. Any reason you don’t go to Krabi? Wondering if that region is any good

[@CDD1312]

We stayed in Phulay Bay, a Ritz Carlton Reserve in Krabi last year. Definitely an awesome place to check out if you have a chance!

[@tfft]

Absolutly nothing wrong with Krabi, I've been there before (pre-channel), but I am still trying to build the channel to a place where I can comfortably visit some more obscure palces. Fact of the matter is there is simply much more interest in Phuket and Samui. I'm sure Krabi (and Hua Hin, Pattaya and many other Thai destinations) will make it onto the channel as time goes by.

[@molnarmihaly951]

Excellent video, as always! I've said it before, but you're quality is fantastic! For some reason I just thought your Thailand trip was this year.. I live in Thailand and I thought it wasn't fully open after Covid in Feb 2022?

[@tfft]

Wow, blame it on over work I suppose, that is a mistake which I didn’t notice until wondering why you said this here. Apparently I don’t know what year it is now 😅. This trip was 2023. I’ll make a note of it in the description.

[@molnarmihaly951]

@@tfft Lol I wasn't sure if it was a mistake, but I totally understand. I've probably mixed up 2022 and 2023 50 times by now 🤣

[@tfft]

Yeah, this was my 2nd flight of the year and I’d been copying and pasting the graphic. Same mistake in my last video and just changed the graphics in the next 6 flight videos I’m working on now 😂 Thank you x8 haha.

[@carmenkinder5457]

At the Six Sense Samui right now. Let's see what you have to say. 😊

[@tfft]

Oh I reckon you have a pretty good idea haha

[@carmenkinder5457]

I think I have ... but let's see if we feel the same. Haha

[@SkyShir0_1O13]

im flying on it rn

[@tfft]

PG ATRs have Wifi now? :)

[@advaiththeking5443]

Awesome trip report!you should take the 1st class suites on Singapore Airlines!

[@tfft]

I’m trying! Until then, happily accepting SQ First Fund donations 😅

[@mikefellbach6841]

From now on it will be hard to stay anonymous. All hotels have to watch out for is a guy who wears a ring on his left thumb 🙂

[@tfft]

I’ve always said if any hotel or airline is detail oriented enough to identify me, then they deserve the advantage. (Still never understood the internet’s fascination with thumb rings tho lol)

[@brilliantbutblue]

And arrives in flip flops 😂

[@davidporter2770]

​@@tfft Because they are weird on a man.🇿🇦

[@random1883]

I prefer the seats in front of the props.

[@tfft]

But then there’s no wing view 🙃

[@Unazaki]

Thats an amazingly generous in flight service for such a short fleet. It even looks pretty decent as well. Wow. Although I guess u technically paid for that with that airfare XD

[@tfft]

That’s actually a decent price for Bangkok Airways. They’re known for sometimes charging over $300 one way between Bangkok and Koh Samui 😅

[@ab23_r69]

I hope the last video covers the mandarin oriental or rosewood haha

[@tfft]

…? Umm, ok lol.

[@davidporter2770]

I stumbled on your channel two weeks ago and enjoy your content. My go-to avgeek is Josh Cahill. And Josh is also honest. He also tries all these strange flights in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan PIA, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Krygistan etc. I hope you will broaden your videos outside of Turkish, SQ, Viet, Indian Etc. Thanks.🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@tfft]

Well, those are all just central Asian airlines haha. I have have a list of 120 or so airlines that I want to travel in the coming years. But, my content is a bit more extensive than you mentioned. I have plenty of European, American, African and South American carriers on the channel already as well with much more to come.

[@Gaurav_Sharma3112]

Kevin i have a query

[@tfft]

🤔… yah?

[@Gaurav_Sharma3112]

@@tfft which airline model is ur favourite? Mine is 777,787 and a380