Thai Airways' Mysterious Flight To Louisiana

Interesting - this being Halloween month, that flight may have carried spooks rather than military folk?

Looks like repatriation. Thailand has been very busy expelling foreigners in the last month. I doubt a US-operated charter could get permission to land in Thailand right now. Looks like a Thai government initiative to me. It's a very xenophobic time in the kingdom.

Could it be that it was a charter for Thai Armed Forces? Some cooperation with personnel being transported to both places would be my guess. Correct me if I'm wrong but then they wouldn't need to follow Fly America Act.

@ DenB® If it was a repatriation flight, Alexandra, Louisiana seems like a very strange place to dump US citizens.

this was bringing Thai soldiers to Fort Polk, LA for training,

I have seen a few Delta A350s and United 77Ws fly to and from Alexander in FlightRader the last few months.

We’ve seen some Military Charters in our bids recently, including some from UTP.
From my understanding, after spending years flying charters..the US Government priority is to provide US carriers to bid on these trips. Base on aircraft and crew availability, the airline may or may not be available for these charters but the crews love them!

THAI Airways has not failed any audits. The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has.

THAI Airways is up to the best of all standards.

Category 2 stops codeshares and new routes to the US. Not a charter flight.

Isn't it crazy what google can do for you:
"tests and evaluations of the Hawaii exercise, which are scheduled to be held in September and October at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk in Louisiana"
from the Bangkok Post, Jul 30,2020

It’s a joint military exercise with the 1st Bataillon of The King’s Guard, and other special units. My brother-in-law is there right now.

Korean Air has been operating this. Not a scheduled KE destination

KE9038 from Columbus to Seoul https://fr24.com/KAL9038/25b44665

During Hurricane Katrina, most other nations didn't care. The UK sent some beef that could not be eaten and had to be thrown away. On the other hand, Singapore sent troops and helicopters, as well as aid. It sent the largest contingent of foreign troops to the US.

@ PoppaB
You’re correct: Thai didn’t fail on safety. However, they DID fail one test...their own auditors declined to sign-off on the most recent accounts . Anyone familiar with financial auditing in Thailand will appreciate what a massive statement that was.

Did they bring any ladyboys on the flight? Asking for a friend.

Ben,

Years ago, there was a flight from BKK to SYR (Syracuse NY). It carried the the then crown prince for his daughter’s graduation from Cornell.

Royal Thai Soldiers participating in a joint US training session with American troops. They’ll be there into November. JUSMAGTHAI has the information on their their web and FB pages.

@Marco. Columbus Rickenbacker (LCK) is primarily a cargo airport (but also serves Allegiant) and it is now a scheduled destination for Korean Air Cargo expected to last through the end of 2020. Columbus John Glenn International (CMH) is the primary passenger airport.

These are cargo flights with a converted passenger 777-300 ER. Lots of articles on these converted passenger jet flights. https://cargo.koreanair.com/en/cargo-news/new-international-cargo-service-lck-icn

I will definitely remember to askmrlee next time 🙂 Thanks for that tip on the conversion of the Boeing 777-300ER.

According to the latest data dump from Q, they're bringing in foreign diseases we have yet seen here to be weaponized. This is yet another attack from the satanic forces who can only be defeated by Donald John Trump. America made great, lets keep it great.

Really late, but soldiers from Schofield Barracks, Oahu also went to Ft. Polk last month for training. So HNL stop is not a coincidence. There is a strong partnership between the Thai Military and 25th Infantry Division Tropic Lightning. Going back to the 70's.