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Thai Airways 45 Years Of Service At Sydney
Congratulations Thai Airways
Today Thai Airways are celebrating 45 Years of operations into Sydney Airport, a fantastic achievement. This was Thai's first intercontinental route, linking Bangkok and Sydney via Singapore. The first service was operated by one of the airline's Douglas DC-8s, which were leased from Scandinavian Airways who owned 30% of Thai at the time. The livery on this aircraft was the same as the current Retro Boeing B744 HS-TGP. Over the following years we have seen Thai operate the DC-10, B747, B777 and A340 into Sydney. Throughout the past 45 years, memorable Special Liveries include "Retro Thai International", "Amazing Thailand", "Star Alliance", "The Kings 72nd Celebration", "Apec Thailand 2003" & "Apec". Thai are also celebrating another milestone today, 20 years of Boeing B777 operations. Here is a snapshot covering most of the past 45 years. DC-10 HS-TGQ Runway 16 (not Right back then) in July 1981 http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...810700-001.jpg DC-10 HS-TGQ on Taxiway Alpha in July 1981 http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...810700-002.jpg B742 HS-TGA about to touchdown on Runway 25 18/11/1982 http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...821118-001.jpg B742 HS-TGC rolling on Runway 16 while Concorde holds short on Taxiway Foxtrot http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...850215-001.jpg HS-TGD http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...-11-17_034.jpg HS-TGD http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...-11-09_006.jpg HS-TGD http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...-12-13_004.jpg HS-TGL http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...-11-13_005.jpg HS-TND http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...-03-05_408.jpg HS-TND http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...-03-05_409.jpg HS-TND http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...-03-05_410.jpg HS-TND http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...-03-05_411.jpg HS-TJT http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...-05-16_161.jpg HS-TJT http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...-05-16_130.jpg HS-TJR http://www.16right.com/Aircraft-Imag...-12-29_035.jpg |
Monitors show Australia 45 years not Sydney;)
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Didn't notice that one Paul, good pickup, however Sydney was their first intercontinental destination.
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Thai used to fly passenger MD-11's to Sydney too.
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Yep Nigel, but unfortunately I never shot any images of them. Would love to have had a Thai DC-8 image, I have Air New Zealand, Flying Tigers and Kerry Packers.
I was also told that Thai operated the A300/A310 into Sydney via Bali, but apparently it was only for a very short time. |
Brilliant photo history Grahame - thanks for sharing!
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Nice shots, Grahame
Brings back good memories. My first international flight was on a Thai DC-10 (HS-TGA) in 1977 to Singapore |
Yep - MD-11 used to operate the second daily service TG993/994 when it went via MEL outbound.
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Thanks Grahame for sharing your photo display on Thai.
Some great shots. Remember travelling on their DC-8-63 SYD-BKK-THR-FCO-LHR in 1974. Long flight but memorable. |
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