The airline attributed the changes to “aircraft rotation and maintenance requirements”, taking place during Thai Airways’ 'northern winter' scheduling period, which runs from October 28 2018 to March 28 2019.
Thai Airways is cutting back its flights to Australia over the coming months, a move that will affect services between Bangkok and Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Perth passengers will see an aircraft swap during the same period.
The airline attributed the changes to “aircraft rotation and maintenance requirements”, taking place during Thai Airways’ 'northern winter' scheduling period, which runs from October 28 2018 to March 28 2019.
Currently with 11 return Boeing 747 flights per week, Thai Airways’ Sydney service will move to daily from October 28.
Melbourne currently enjoys double-daily Airbus A350 flights from Thai Airways, but this will move to 11 weekly return services from October 28.
For Brisbane passengers, Thai Airways will move from a daily service to just four flights per week as of late October.
Perth’s existing flights will remain daily, but they will no longer be served by Boeing 787-8s: instead, by Airbus A330s.