Thai Airways introduces a new aircraft configuration on their LAX service

Actually, Thai took delivery of this 77W configuration a few months back, it's been operating a captive BKK-NRT daily rotation ever since. I believe they're waiting for a second aircraft from Boeing before putting it on BKK-ICN-LAX. FYI, acft rego is HS-TKK.

It's a very good layout, but in our experience flying this on Thai's A380 there's a tight squeeze for window passengers trying to get through to the aisle if they're in a ~proper~ window seat (an A or K). We posted a review of Thai business class up at AusBT with notes on this plus a stack of pics: http://www.ausbt.com.au/review-thai-airways-airbus-a380-royal-silk-business-class-seats

Why would they make a by yourself aisle seat? Wouldn't everyone want to be at the window if there's only one seat?

They do the staggered layout to squeeze in more seats.

I just played BINGO with a friend with the seatmap above............I WON!

V Tan is correct. I actually flew this configuration on the 777-300ER in mid-August from KUL-BKK. It was certainly better than their 777-200 business product. However, when I put the seat in the lie-flat position, I was not able to lie completely straight (I'm 6'3"), so seat pitch may be an issue for taller people.

I was on the Thai 380 HKG-BKK today, and there is an article on this in the in-flight magazine. I believe it was similar to this:
THAI’s Boeing 777-300ER can accommodate 348 passengers in a two-class configuration:

- Royal Silk Class is fitted with 42 seats that recline 180 degrees, have 87 inch pitch, 20 inch seat width, where each seat is positioned (staggered seating) for easy access, along with 15 inch personal entertainment screen, and Audio Video On Demand (AVOD) system eX2 that offers 100 movies, 150 documentaries, 500 CD albums and 60 games.

http://www.thaiairways.com.cn/en/index.php/About/detail/id/255

Wow, Lucky, you weren't kidding about people promoting theirs and other sites...

@wwk5d--misplaced cynicism. Anyone half-clever and employed to promote the airline would have included some positive color in the post rather than trusting readers to click a link to a banal news release. I didn't do that. Oh wait, I reread a previous posts, and this was perchance not direct toward me. Perhaps the obsessive-compulsive frequent-flyer-blogging community is just in jeopardy of becoming a beast eating its own tail while generating a great deal of arguably worthless noise amid referral links.

+1 and I are in the honeymoon seats in a month! Quick HKG-BKK flight but will be fun.

@wwk5d: I'd like to think that pointing to our AusBT review adds a LOT of value for One Mile At A Time readers while also calling out (in the comment itself) a key concern, and potential drawback, of the seat/cabin design. And as we're on good terms with Ben, I'd also like to think he is more than okay with this value-add.

I never said it was good or bad. I was just pointing it out. No need for you guys to be so defensive about it.

Thai has had a lot of routes and planes on flights to the US. They have flown through NRT, KIX, TPE and of course the non-stop flight. The non-stop was fantastic and it's too bad that this aircraft was too expensive to fly. Why someone would want to connect just to be in first class is beyond me.

I have flown a number of times in Thai's first class and the service is nice (although not on par with Singapore, Cathay or Lufthansa..yes, I said Lufthansa), but I don't really like the seat. You are given a huge amount of space, but it is not very comfortable and there is no privacy. When eating you feel like you are sitting in a restaurant with everyone looking at each other.

I really like Thai's new business class seats and Thai stands a chance of making more money with this new configuration since few (including me) ever pay full price for First. First class is a money loser and is basically just a customer relations tool for to make top customers happy.