Thai Airways International is, like the name implies, a Thai airline. Its main airport is Bangkok International Airport. Since 1997 the company is a member of airline-alliance Star Alliance. Lufthansa represents Thai Airways in North-America.

At the founding in 1959 there was a cooperation with Scandinavian Airlines System. On April 1, 1960, the first flight, which was carried out with a DC-6, took place. Exactly 17 years later the last SAS-shares were bought by the Thai government.

The introduction of the Airbus A340-500 coincided with a change in logo, including the font for the title Thai on their airplanes.

Thai Airways Intl. operates one of the longest non-stop flights in the world. The most important routes are between ThaiCountry and Europe. The airline flies with Boeings 737-400, 747-400, 777-200, 777-200ER and 777-300. Airbus is also represented with the A330-300, A340-500 and A340-600. There are orders for both the >Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner as the Airbus A380-800.

Thai Airways has had multiple awards. In 2006, the company was crowned as airline with the Worlds Best Cabin Staff and in 2007 Thai finished second in the Airline of the Year-election.