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FLIGHT TG639 AIRLINE Thai Airways International ROUTE Hong Kong to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi GATE DEPARTURE 18.55 (Scheduled) / 19.10 (Actual) GATE ARRIVAL 20.40 (Scheduled) / 21.04 (Actual) FLIGHT TIME 2 hours 23 minutes airborne AIRCRAFT Airbus A330-300 HS-TEU (5 years old) We are on the home stretch now on this series of reports detailing a recent adventure around Asia. I was heading back home to Melbourne from Hong Kong and unfortunately was unable to secure award seats with Singapore Airlines so I had to settle for Thai Airways instead. Perfectly acceptable really, even though they were only offering angled lie flats for both sectors at the time. This article is about flight TG639, the 6.55pm flight to Bangkok, the second last of the day for Thai Airways on this route and one of five daily flights. The flight was scheduled to be operated by one of Thai's newer A330's with angle

FLIGHT BR857 AIRLINE EVA Air ROUTE Taipei Taoyuan to Hong Kong GATE DEPARTURE 18.10 (Scheduled) / 18.54 (Actual) GATE ARRIVAL 20.00 (Scheduled) / 20.58 (Actual) FLIGHT TIME 1 hour 32 minutes airborne AIRCRAFT Airbus A330-200 B-16309 ‘Speed Puff Jet’