Review – Air Asia A320 Hong Kong – Bangkok Don Muang

I checked in for the flight online as I was only travelling with hand luggage, and as I finished the nightshift in the morning I headed straight for immigration and was in the transit area of the airport within minutes of finishing work.

My flight departed from gate 206, so I had to take the train between the main terminal and the midfield concourse. I arrived at the midfield terminal with about an hour to spare, so I grabbed a quick breakfast and a coffee from Starbucks before heading to my gate.

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There were several Air Asia aircraft parked at the terminal, both from Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. My flight was going to be operated by Air Asia Thailand.

Arriving at my gate I was surprised to see that I was entitled to priority boarding. I had paid for an extra legroom seat, but I was unaware that this also allowed for priority boarding, but I am not complaining about that 🙂

Boarding started about 30 minutes before our departure time, and being allowed priority boarding I was one of the first ones to board the plane.

Entering the cabin I was pleasantly surprised, the seats looked all almost new, and was made from black and read leather. The seats were very comfortable, and the headrest felt higher than on other Airbus A320s I’ve flown on lately. Also, having the emergency exit game me lots of extra legroom, so overall a very comfortable seat for a 2.5 hours flight.

The seats were standard with a foldable tray table, and a pocket with the safety card and some in-flight magazine.

Boarding was completed efficiently, and about 15 minutes before our scheduled time of departure the cabin doors were closed, and we started our pushback.

My right shoulder was just about killing me at this stage, I was barely able to move my arm at all, and couldn’t be bothered getting my book in my hand carry, so decided to take a look at the safety information card instead. I do find it a bit fun to look at sometimes, as they can be very different from airline to airline…

As normal after I nightshift I fell asleep quickly after pushback, and the next thing I know is we are touching down in Don Muang. I have no idea if there was any inflight service offered, but the seat must have been comfortable for me to be able to have a good 2.5 hours sleep on the way there.

Arriving in Don Muang we were remote parked, but several busses were waiting for us on stand, and we quickly arrived at the terminal. From there it was a few minutes walk to immigration, and that was also cleared quickly. I then headed towards the taxi signs, and got to a fairly large waiting area where I got a number and had to wait for my turn to get a taxi. There were about 100 numbers ahead of me, but it only took about 20 minutes before I was seated in the taxi, and I was headed towards the Ambassador hotel at exactly 1313.

The ride to the hotel was eventless, and cost me about 350 THB.