TRIPREPORT | Thai Airways (BUSINESS) | Stockholm Arlanda - Bangkok Suvarnabhumi | Airbus A350-900

Does Thai's Business Class still hold up to their great reputation in 2022? We tried it, and it does!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Thai Airways
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900
Registration: HS-THD
Flight Time: 10h 45min
Seat: 15A
From: Stockholm Arlanda
To: Bangkok Suvarnabhumi
Date: August 2022
EQUIPMENT INFORMATION
Cameras used: DJI Osmo Pocket, GoPro Hero 7 Black
Additional equipment used: GoPro Suction Cup
PRICE BREAKDOWN
Total Price: 82,500 SAS Eurobonus Points + 50% American Express Discount Voucher + SEK 1,778.00
Total Routing: ARN-BKK-CPH-ARN
Booked through: Scandinavian Airlines Hotline
Cost includes: Business Class Ticket including two checked bags and free seat reservations
Booking made: May 2022
VIDEO BREAKDOWN
00:00 - Intro and Map
00:26 - Arlanda Airport
01:33 - Boarding
02:09 - Cabin and Seat
04:44 - Taxi and Take Off
07:03 - Amenities
08:53 - Dinner Service
11:51 - Inflight
12:47 - Inflight Entertainment
13:42 - Breakfast Service
15:26 - Approach and Landing
16:44 - Suvarnabhumi Airport
17:42 - Outro
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This video does not contain product placements. The airline was neither involved nor informed about the production of this Tripreport. The ticket fare was paid by ourselves.
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[@zaoshanghaozhongguo1989]

Wow it's great to see Simon doing Tripreports again.

[@yassinedahbi7727]

I didn’t knew him? Why did he stop make trip reports

[@Syedalifariq]

MacAllister don't leave Brighton

[@connorpallister6653]

@@Syedalifariq 😂😂

[@andrewj591]

Yes good to see so much plate movement again

[@funtasticadventures6359]

Me too

[@peterfinn6098]

I’ve always found Thai to be better than Cathay and Singapore, even in economy class. Haven’t flown with them since 2006. They still look very good. The food and service still looks great and after seeing this video I would fly them again today

[@javed876]

Thai Airways service has gone down significantly post-COVID. Singapore Airlines and EVA air services still the best.

[@ant2312]

@@javed876 EVA lol

[@paullak625]

Thank you .

[@jackdoe3889]

Better than CX and SQ? On how many respective flights is this opinion based on?

[@jackdoe3889]

@@javed876 It was nowhere near SQ or BR pre-Covid either.

[@kwasisb5390]

Great video, great service. My favourite part had to be the engine spool during takeoff and the sunset and sunrise. I actually love flights that take you from sunset all the way to daybreak. Hope to experience such flights soon. Spectacular service by Thai there. Greetings from Ghana❤❤

[@RayalaseemaRailfan]

16:19 what a feather touch landing 🛬

[@flyer93]

That roar on the takeoff alone was worth a like! Great stuff, kul att du är tillbaka Simon!

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Great to see a new video from Simon, also, that food looked incredible!😸

[@ignasoei3695]

Thai Airways catering never disappoints even on their Economy Class, always delicious! For me TG has one of the best catering services after Turkish Airlines.

[@paullak625]

Thank you .

[@antiv]

That’s objectively complete nonsense. Qatar and Singapore are miles ahead. Even Emirates is better.

[@ondreiii]

Singapore, Air Nippon, are equally great too. Is there anything about Thai that takes them to the top of your list alongside Turkish?

[@sudbtd]

​@@antivEmirates and Thai have offered the best service for me

[@michaelbrosch4258]

I just had a direct comparison between Thai and Emirates, as I was (unfortunately rebooked from Thai to Emirates due to some technical problems) flying from Stockholm via Dubai to Melbourne on Emirates and from Melbourne to Stockholm via Bangkok on the way back in the last three weeks. The Emirates seat, service and food from Stockholm to Dubai was a 1/10 in business, on the A380 I would rate the seat as pretty good, the service, the food and the atmosphere was mediocre and I would give it a 3/10. On the way back from MEL to BKK the seat, the service and the food was excellent on Thai, only the entertainment system is lacking, I would rate it a 9/10, on the BKK to ARN same again, excellent crew, delicious food, 5 times wet towels, just the entertainment system is not on par, I would rate it a 9/10 again. I do fly 200.000 miles a year and would rate Thai due to the excellent crews and food as my current favourite airline. Qatar has a better seat and entertainment, BA also has a better seat and entertainment, JAL is on par seat and foodwise, just the crews are totally akward (and I speak Japanese), Singapore, the seat, food, entertainment and mostly the crews are lovely, Cathay is hit and miss, Lufthansa is mediocre and Finnair has a nice lounge and hard product, the crews are hit and miss.

[@aeroscope_official]

Welcome back Simon! Glad you visit Thailand with TG’s business class

[@AirTravel415]

Yay Simon’s back. Hope to see more reviews from him soon

[@Pilot_Karim]

Welcome back Simon! I Like the cabin crew when they put songs before landing.anyways good work Simon and I hope to see more videos of you!❤❤❤

[@Ugo98]

Great video and great service. But also, the takeoff roar here was one of, if not the best one I've ever listened to in a video by Simply Aviation and maybe in general; so congratulations to (apart from Rolls-Royce 😂) Simon and his camera equipment for the beauty and quality of recording 🤩

[@rezaalan3991]

Great flight, and yeah finally Simply Aviation Premium Cabin specialist is back after a long time.

[@pascualgiarratana9394]

An excellent trip report buddy. Good shots, especially in the details and the incredible roar of the engines at takeoff. Thanks for sharing. Waiting for more videos like this, congratulations. Have an excellent week.👍

[@BRTripReport]

Their service looks great! Thanks for sharing.

[@polymathauthor7806]

Good the see Simon doing reviews again! Amazing video.

[@AidanAllen8482]

Awesome video guys, as always!

[@RyZer241]

Ready for seeing this!!!! 🎉

[@brian402]

That was quite some fast take-off,she was really moving.,thrust power must had been powerful in the passenger cabin,awesome flight report there Simon👍

[@sirafoxtron1701]

I'm happy for you Simon. Coming to my country with a pleasant and wonderful flight. I'm truely approved how the flight in this video went so far and smooth! (i'll leave this for Simon)

[@gunvaldsandhaland7757]

Its A Very Long Time Since Fly Whit Thai Airways,My Opinion Was AGreat Airlines When Fly Whit Then 7 Years Ago.Great Trip Report

[@Andrew182]

It’s nice to see a tripreport from Simon again! Thai business class is good, even though their A350s aren’t that new. Thanks to Simply Aviation and personally to Simon for this marvelous tripreport 😀👍✈️

[@AviationADC]

now we got 2 more a350 which got new business class seat and economy

[@SFAvgeek]

Even after tough times they offer exceptional service

[@TheWelwyn21]

Nearly went bust the government bailed them out

[@SFAvgeek]

@@TheWelwyn21 yup after being the only international carrier that is actually good as well they couldn’t let it go

[@TheWelwyn21]

@@SFAvgeek its not bad business class has jumped up a fair bit, where as etihad and Qatar Air are still pretty reasonable

[@Race346KD]

Best of the Best aviation content

[@bills7295]

9:11 The Thai Smile Serviette!!

[@aviationmw]

I THOUGHT SIMON RETIRED! Great to see him back though 😁

[@Pakanin]

I'm still here and will be ;)

[@janinebell763]

Nice to enjoy a trip report from Simon again. I like the voice in the beginning, lovely.

[@wolf2912]

Arlanda its my hometown Airport so i love when travel from or to the airport❤

[@powershin12]

I like their colour palette.

[@flyeagle320]

Simon after a loooooong time 😊 . Great trip report😊

[@arefkr]

I flew with Thai Airways (Business) from Sydney to London once. The plane's interior was quite of poor quality but apart from that the food, the lounge and the services were awesome.

[@MrBlueCreeper]

Wow, it’s Simon again! Glad to see him back :) Will there be a brutally honest review of Garuda Indonesia? They are one of the forgotten five star airlines from SCAMtrax.

[@captainu.productions4675]

nice (very butter) landing just like they say: Smooth as silk

[@K0BW3E]

I am gonna love this

[@unitedcomputers]

Excellent !

[@ninejack1]

ระวัง สิ้นสุดทางเลื่อน End of the walkway.... Welcome to THAILAND airport 😊😊

[@TuneinR]

Bangkok airport is beautiful !

[@ant2312]

its not really and I've been through it about 20 times

[@vkobi8208]

yes its a nice airport

[@david47s]

Great flight ✈✈✈✈😍😍😍😍

[@Ronaldogiri]

Thai airways 🎉

[@RashadKhanAviation2023]

1:12 Those glasses on the windows remind me of LAX’s brand new West Gates of the TBIT. Haven’t been through the terminal but hopefully soon!

[@_.Piperoni._]

this is the perfect video bc I’m from Sweden and going to Thailand

[@georoldao5270]

Thank you 🙏🏽 🇹🇭💛💛💛✨

[@divyaravi3919]

Good job simon😮

[@yassinedahbi7727]

Cool

[@anubrata_083]

Wow its Simon after so many days, I thought Simon left the team :( But now its :)

[@Pakanin]

I've been flying to much SAS last year and didn't have a lot of content to bring. But some more videos will come up in a near future ;)

[@anubrata_083]

​@@Pakanin thats nice to hear, hope to see more of your tripreports in the future ✌🏻

[@davesivirn5499]

Thai really took a hit during covid, glad they are trying to make a come back. But even before that I felt the business class was in need of an upgrade itself. The service is great but the plane and seats are sub par, compared to sone of the middle east airlines. I do have to say though that their economy class can be a great deal

[@robyoungquist5803]

Nice presentation Simon 👍🏻. A suggestion … please show the menu because some of us don’t tolerate seafood at all and would like to see the other choices on offer. I always travel with ear plugs in my front pocket because I never know if there will be a child whose ear pressure makes them uncomfortable and open to letting everyone else know that they are 😩

[@ant2312]

yes would have been nice to see what else was offered for the main course

[@oliverdustingmartinez]

Very nice video!

[@simonsv9449]

This is one of the few routes i’ve flown on in my life.

[@simonsv9449]

It was in 2016, so it was in a Boeing 777-300ER and not an Airbus A350-900.

[@user-le4vz8wi3e]

I love your intro theme song

[@PaulPhilbin-wu5ny]

Probably 🥦 0:01

[@TheRollingBear]

Nice report

[@FlightsimmerErik]

Now when i flew back to sweden i flew on that exact plane HS- THD and after landing visited the cockpit

[@javed876]

If you are a Star Alliance Gold member, you can also use security fast track.

[@r12004rewy]

Excellent vid food service and quality looked excellent, certainly noisier on take off than the 380?

[@christao408]

Interesting they had "Thai Smile" napkins with the drink service!

[@hanj31]

Those seats aren’t that bad! I flew on them on two separate flights with Asiana airlines from LAX to ICN.

[@errigal7942]

Cognac and cake. Yes.

[@erzapi]

Great videos guys. I'm a big fan. In your experience, what do you think is the best way to search and book flights? Google flights? Skyscanner?. Other?. Thanks

[@ant2312]

sky scanner or momondo for timings then direct with the airline, don't use 3rd parties, the saving isn't worth the hassle if anything goes wrong

[@erzapi]

@@ant2312 Thanks a lot

[@holgerklare444]

I‘m quite a bit jealous. 😅

[@FlightsimmerErik]

I actually stood under that exact plane while it took off Edit: i actually flew on this exact plane and visited the cockpit

[@stthecat3935]

How can you tell

[@swedish_totaldrama.3]

@@stthecat3935 bcuz u can… I stood under a Thai 777 too once

[@swedish_totaldrama.3]

sorry this is an a350 I was under a 777

[@OG_Aviation]

​@@stthecat3935 Flightradar24 and Flightaware?

[@stthecat3935]

@@OG_Aviation No I mean how did he know the registration of the plane that was taking off, it’s not possible to see it at high speeds

[@FlightsimmerErik]

Soon flying to bangkok from arlanda Edit: tomorrow i fly

[@FlightsimmerErik]

Im gonna fly on that plane to arlanda!! Edit: i was in the cockpit of it!

[@jackfeldman3916]

Will Simon ever post any eco reviews?

[@neilrmartin1984]

Noodles with croissants?

[@flyingdentist]

good

[@veritasestlux]

I absolutely LOVE your Tripreport videos! P.S. You could do a long-haul report on Turkmenistan Airlines sometime

[@SgtT7]

Finally Business class comrades! VERY GOOD VIDEO! IT'S GOOD TO SEE BUSINESS CLASS AGAIN! Btw I thought that Thai has BC lounge too... I know it's so expensive but I very like business class tripreports!😅😮😂

[@michaelpotter9034]

Is there a blogger that does just economy flights?

[@i.setyawan]

Impressive meal service, indeed! Wonder what they feed the peasants in the back! 😂

[@jackdoe3889]

Running out of Champagne, especially as early as first meal service just shows you how khee niaw TG is.

[@Glacussia]

didn't expect simon to fly THAI

[@SU27]

Är det fortfarande mask ombord?

[@welsh-3286]

how many hours the flight

[@RNthakkali2007]

At 9:30 you'll see that Thai uses the paper napkins of subsidiary airline Thai Smile. Guess they wanna save costs XD

[@vilmercidrin123]

So i flew this exact route, Its quicker to Thailand, than from, because of wind. I didn’t like the way home

[@weerapatwipathanasiri1064]

I recommend taking video of Thai airways flight from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi - London Heathrow(TG916) and London Heathrow - Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (TG911).

[@Sebastian-xl7vd]

A350

[@palmwang9725]

Lolll thai smile tissue pooor Thai airways

[@txsixfirst]

Happy Ending at Bangkok 😂

[@banjemine4150]

Damn son!

[@MultiSUPERLATIVO]

Is Simply Aviation now a team? I have seen reports by David, then Felix and this one by Simon. 3:09 I did not get the explanation about this.

[@skylineXpert]

Thai vs Singapore who is better going down under? My bet is Singapore...

[@kaushikghosh257]

Please could you fly with Air New Zealand please?

[@AutoJunkiesGarage]

Am I the only on who notice that simon slams his hand on the armrest from the engine startup procedure?

[@harishrp4449]

Orlando (The Original) = Arlanda in Europe!

[@andrealauer4493]

Was there really no eyeshades provided in the amenity kit?? Just earplugs, socks, a comb, and a dental kit??

[@Pakanin]

Correct, I luckily had my own eyemask with me after years of travel you know what to have in the suitcase :)

[@andrealauer4493]

@@Pakanin wow, that's a surprising omission on what looked like a pretty great trip otherwise. I don't get to travel as much as I'd like to, but I'd feel pretty confident that eyeshades would be one thing I *didn't* need to have taking up space in my bag on a business class trip lol

[@ant2312]

anyone who travels long haul a lot buys their own blindfold, special ones with an outward bulge so that it doesn't irritate your eyelashes and they let a lot less light in too, I don't use ear plugs, I use Samsung noise cancelling earphones that I put memory foam tips on to totally block any sound, I often don't plug them in to anything, just put them in my ears and hit the ANC button for silence

[@kanalobiznese]

Was the video filmed by someone else?

[@andrealauer4493]

This channel tells you in the top left corner for almost the whole video which one of their team members took the flight

[@alyonapetrova694]

Could someone tell me WHY Thai airlines can’t fly into the USA?

[@adamsuckling3049]

Thai would need to have a similar airplane to what Singapore Airlines have in order to do those flights

[@SternenruferinPatchouli1]

ohhh...no Lounge Visit? next time pls show the Lounge

[@toddpeterson5904]

Great video! I expected nicer seats on a new A350, but maybe I've been spoiled by flying Qatar too much :)

[@ant2312]

5 year old cabin, so showing signs of wear

[@tjittekamminga5170]

great meals serviced; find the amenity kit content a bit disappointing...

[@ant2312]

they all are no matter the airline

[@Cta2006]

Champagne, white wine, port and cognac ... You are living a hard life...

[@alessandromatteo6059]

try to take the longest flight of Boeing 737 Max 8 from dubai-pisa

[@user-kk7wh3kg4b]

i see ryanair behind the photo of video

[@massmike11]

Again, I must say, more contrast on the text or boxing it with white text in a black box would go a long way toward readability for many of us.

[@BobBrown.]

The food looks meh for business class.

[@wovkonstudios]

lol food looks like what you get at local market

[@wovkonstudios]

I don't mean to be a critique but the food is the quality of market food.

[@ant2312]

Pity you only showed sea food for the main course

[@sjwilkin]

Champagne, white wine and port.... somebody is 30 or under

[@tonys2683]

Always wanted to fly business class but I really can't justify the extra price for what you get. sure you get some extra leg room and a bigger seat, but honestly its like 4 times the price of economy. It's just not worth it.

[@andre_gustafsson]

Thai Smile (TG low cost) napkins in business class 🙃