Review of Thai Air Asia flight Siem Reap Bangkok in Economy

Airline Thai Air Asia
Flight FD611
Class Economy
Seat 9F
Aircraft Airbus A320
Flight time 00:45
Take-off 30 Dec 22, 11:55
Arrival at 30 Dec 22, 12:40
FD   #13 out of 22 Low-cost airlines A minimum of 10 flight-reports within the past two years is required to appear in the rankings. 37 reviews
swethaxarun
By BRONZE 674
Published on 4th April 2023

INTRO


Needed a cost effective to get from Cambodia to Bangkok to catch our SQ redemptions and Thai AirAsia worked out to be the cheapest option out of Siem Reap. For background, we booked the bare bones fare with just baggage


CHECKin and ground experience


Just note that there is no public transport from Siem Reap to the airport. We took a tuk-tuk, taxi is another possible option.


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Check in experience was pretty efficient with Air Asia in this case. It wouldn't let us do online check in, but there were lots of counters available and even managed to get a window seat.


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Airport experience


The airport design was quite nice on the inside with designs mimicking the architecture of the temples. We saw a SQ 737 Max on the ground at the same time. There is a Plaza Premium lounge here, but this one is not part of the Priority pass ecosystem.



Aircraft


Aircraft for the day is an Airbus A320 in the Amazing Thailand livery. Very colourful on the outside. 


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Cool boarding experience, as the gates are outdoor ones which have to be walked to.


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SEAT


Here are some pictures of the seat. It is pretty tight for leg room begin a high density aircraft.


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It is possible to purchase these red seats during the booking process if you want more room.


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Some interesting art work on the overhead bins to go with the Amazing Thailand livery.


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in FLIGHT SERVICE


This was probably the low point of the flight. The crew were quite snappy and rude. For some reason Thai AirAsia mandates turning phones off during take off and landing and they were quite strict with this. It is fine up to a point. However, my partner had forgotten to wear her seat belt (prior to landing), but they didn't even realise that, but were instead telling her to turn her phone off. So, the warning is: Dont turn your phone on during take off/landing on this flight.


There was a big variety available on the inflight menu, but we didn't actually buy anything, so cant comment on this part.


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SOME MISC PHOTOS


Takeoff with views out to West Baray, a 11th century handcut reservoir (almost 8km by 2 km)


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Flying over BKK on the way to DMK. 


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Landing at DMK with the Chao Praya river coming into sight


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Some Thai aircraft and others stored here


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Verdict

Thai Air Asia

5.5/10
Cabin8.0
Cabin crew4.0
Entertainment/wifi5.0
Buy-on-board menu5.0

Siem Reap - REP

7.3/10
Efficiency8.0
Access6.5
Services7.5
Cleanliness7.0

Bangkok - DMK

7.1/10
Efficiency7.5
Access7.0
Services7.5
Cleanliness6.5

Conclusion

This flight was fine, it got us from A to B in a cheap and efficient manner. For a LCC, we went in with low expectations and it was mostly fine for the 1 hour trip. Will consider flying them for short hops, but this time will make sure to keep the phone switched off :D

Information on the route Siem Reap (REP) Bangkok (DMK)

Les contributeurs de Flight-Report ont posté 3 avis concernant 2 compagnies sur la ligne Siem Reap (REP) → Bangkok (DMK).


Useful

La compagnie qui obtient la meilleure moyenne est Thai Air Asia avec 6.9/10.

La durée moyenne des vols est de 0 heures et 56 minutes.

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