Bangkok Airways - “Asia’s Boutique Airli

Sadly it was time to say goodbye to Luang Prabang and Laos and start my journey home. Because it’s me, naturally I’m taking a weird route to get home. Here to Bangkok to Singapore to Adelaide to Melbourne. Will take 1.5 days to get home (or longer than a flight from Europe 😂).

I used the local version of Uber to get to the airport where check in was simple with no queues. The terminal is combined domestic and international which is a bit different but only international flights were departing at this time anyway. Once past immigration and security (under 3minutes) I spent the last of my Laos kip on some bracelets and water before chilling upstairs.

Boarding started a little late but we still pushed back 2 minutes early. Flying me to Bangkok is an Airbus A319 by Bangkok Airways. I was sitting in 2A, with the middle seat empty between me and a cute Swiss guy (who I was trying to work out ‘gay or European for the flight). We took off to the west and circled the airport as we climbed before heading south west towards Bangkok.

Seats are old but comfortable and the leg room is good for a short flight. Once airborne the crew confirm my special meal order and start the meal service. For a really short flight they serve complimentary hot meals with alcoholic drinks too. Pretty good service, probably why they call themselves Asia’s Boutique Airline. My meal was a vegetarian Dahl with peas and rice. Not bad. The standard meal looked like some chicken fry.

The capital gave a detailed announcement of our altitude, speed and arrival time into Bangkok on what was a short 1hour and 10min flight. Imagine if Qantas served a hot meal Melbourne to Sydney. The cabin crew were super friendly and did a second round of drinks before cleaning the cabin for our arrival.

While I’ve been to Bangkok many times, I think this is my first arrival in daylight. We flew downwind past the airport and out over the sea before turning around to land. It was cool to see the other aircraft in the pattern as we approached. Landed we waited for a minute before disembarking and moving to a bus for a transfer to the terminal.

I am glad I flew Bangkok Airways over AirAsia. It was a comfortable flight, not bad food and super friendly staff. Would fly them again next time I’m in Thailand.Weiterlesen