Thai Lion Air takes delivery of it's first A330-300

Thai Lion Air has taken delivery of it's first widebody, a Rolls-Royce powered Airbus A330-300. The aircraft had been allocated by the Lion Air Group to subsidiary Batik Air Malaysia, before being reassigned to Thai Lion. Two additional A330s are scheduled to be delivered before the end of the year. The aircraft will initially be used on local route-proving flights before being moved to longer haul services to North Asia (details tba). The airline also expects to take delivery of five or more 737 MAX 8s in 2018.

Airbus A330-343 MSN 1820 F/F 9/19/17
Thai Lion Air HS-LAH 11/21/17 - present

Thai Lion Air - Current Fleet
9 x 737-800
16 x 737-900ER
1 x A330-300
Total: 26

Thai International takes delivery of first 787-9

Thai International has taken delivery of it's first Boeing 787-9, leased from AerCap, adding to the six 787-8s in it's fleet. An additional 787-9 is expected to be delivered before year end.

Boeing 787-9 MSN 38777 L/N 602 HS-TWA "Phatthana Nikhom" Thai International
F/F 9/1/17 Delivered 9/14/17

Boeing has now delivered 244 787-9s, and 337 of the smaller 787-8, for a total of 581

Thai International - Current Fleet
2 x 737-400
16 x A330-300
6 x 777-200
6 x 787-8
1 x 787-9
6 x A350-900
6 x 777-200ER
6 x 777-300
14 x 777-300ER
10 x 747-400
6 x A380
Total: 79