Until the latest schedule filing, Qatar Airways had no Doha-Bangkok Airbus A380 flights bookable for July-October. Now it has extended A380 service and increased it from the present daily to double daily.
Qatar Airways’ A380s to Bangkok
The Qatar flag carrier has 10 517-seat A380s, seven active as of April 3rd. According to the carrier’s website and OAG and Cirium, two of its four daily Bangkok flights will see the double-decker quadjet this July-October. Until the weekend of April 1st, they were entirely by the Boeing 777-300ER.
Don’t be misled. Qatar Airways is used to having a double daily A380 service to Bangkok. It operated at that frequency to Thailand until March 25th, 2023, before reducing to daily. From October 2015 until June 2016, it operated up to triple daily, a frequency that returned briefly in 2022.
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June-October Bangkok flights
This is its June-October schedule to/from the Thai capital, with all times local. The two A380 flights mean that, on a given July-October day, Qatar Airways now has 1,785 departing seats for sale to Bangkok (double for both ways), up by 19% versus the previously planned 1,502.
| Flight from Doha | Dept. time | Arr. time | Aircraft | Flight from Bangkok | Dep. time | Arr. time | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR834 | 01:20 | 13:10 | A380 | QR837 | 02:30 | 05:30 | 777-300ER |
| QR836 | 02:00 | 13:10 | 777-300ER | QR831 | 09:05 | 12:05 | 777-300ER |
| QR832 | 07:55 | 19:05 | A380 | QR835 | 20:00 | 23:00 | A380 |
| QR830 | 19:55 | 07:05+1 | 777-300ER | QR833 | 21:05 | 00:05+1 | A380 |
Four A380 routes this summer
This July-October, Qatar Airways has four A380 routes. Perth and Sydney are all-A380, while Bangkok and London Heathrow are not. Details are as follows:
- Bangkok: double daily (half of the four daily flights are by the A380)
- London Heathrow: double daily (of the six to eight daily flights)
- Perth: daily (all A380)
- Sydney: daily (all A380)
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Six daily flights
Qatar Airways has six A380 daily departures from, and six arrivals at, its Doha hub this July-October. As a snapshot, consider Sunday, August 13th, with the full plan that day as follows:
| Doha’s A380 departure time | To | Doha’s A380 arrival time | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01:05 | London Heathrow | 00:05 | Bangkok |
| 01:55 | Bangkok | 04:55 | Sydney |
| 02:25 | Perth | 05:15 | Perth |
| 07:55 | London Heathrow | 17:10 | London Heathrow |
| 07:55 | Bangkok | 23:00 | Bangkok |
| 20:00 | Sydney | 23:50 | London Heathrow |
Bangkok has eight daily A380 flights
When combined, Qatar Airways, Emirates, and Asiana have eight daily A380 flights from Bangkok this July-October (seven from October 30th). According to Cirium data, this makes Bangkok the world’s sixth most-served airport by A380 flights, behind only Dubai (what a surprise!), London Heathrow, Singapore, and Sydney.
On the same snapshot day of August 13th, these all operate from Suvarnabhumi. I especially like Asiana’s flight number (742):
- 01:10: Asiana OZ742 to Seoul
- 01:35: Emirates EK385, Dubai
- 02:50: Emirates EK377, Dubai
- 09:55: Emirates EK375, Dubai
- 14:05: Emirates EK384, Hong Kong
- 20:00: Qatar Airways QR835, Doha
- 21:05: Qatar Airways QR833, Doha
- 21:25: Emirates EK373, Dubai
