Fancy booking a premium economy seat and finding you have snagged a lie-flat seat?
Thai Airways has launched lie-flat seats as a premium economy option on select regional routes, repurposing business class seats previously used by Virgin Atlantic, Thai correspondent Barry Wood advises.
The move offers some lucky passengers lie-flat comfort without the business-class price tag. Which has to be a winner.
The new Premium Economy Plus class has debuted on routes from Bangkok to Chennai, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Jakarta, and Kathmandu.
Rather than investing in fresh interiors, Thai Airways is instead making use of its newly leased Airbus A330-300s, originally configured for Virgin Atlantic.
These aircraft come fitted with 31 Zodiac UCS3 lie-flat Upper Class seats in a 1-1-1 herringbone layout, 48 standard premium economy recliners, and 185 economy seats.
Although these seats have been retired from top-tier business offerings, they still offer an upgrade from your average premium economy seats with fully-flat beds, 11.1-inch HD screens, and power outlets.
Business Traveller reports that the Thai Airways move is “a smart way to monetise ageing lie-flats on routes with weak premium demand without the overheads of business class service.”
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