Thai Airways was founded in 1960 by Thai Airways International in Thailand. Thai Airways’s headquarters are currently located in Bangkok and the main base in Don Mueang International Airport. Thai Airways is a star alliance member. The company has 4 stars on Skytrax rating and has won the Skytrax awards World's Best Economy Class,Best Economy Class Onboard Catering, World's Best Airline Lounge Spa, Best Cabin Crew in Thailand and Best Economy Class in Asia. Usanee Sangsingkaew leads the company as the CEO. Its subsidiaries include Thai Smile, Nok Air, Thai Flight Training, Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, Australia Branch, Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, London Branch and Thai Airways International Thai Tiger Airways pvt. Ltd.

It has declared $ 5,970,000,000 in revenue. Thai Airways offers service in 81 countries. Bangkok-Phuket,Kuala Lumpur-Bangkok,Kuala Lumpur-Phnom penh,Phnom penh-Bangkok,Hanoi-Bangkok,Ho Chi Minh City-Bangkok are some of the main flight destinations.

Thai Airways’s fleet consists of Boeing 777 model aircrafts. The average age of the fleet is 9.3 years. The youngest aircrafts are the Airbus A350 at 1.1 years old. They rank 11 among 23 airlines operating this type of aircraft. The most common aircraft in the fleet is the Boeing 777 with 32 of them at hand. They rank 40 among 67 airlines operating this type of aircraft.

Thai Airways have 6 accident reports to date. The most recent one is in 2001 at Bangkok airport, Thailand with Boeing 737 aircraft.