Inside Thai Airways' new restaurant that's serving in-flight meals for customers who miss eating plane food

Customers eat at Thai Airways pop-up airplane-themed restaurant at the airlines headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand September 3, 2020.REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

• Thai Airways has opened a restaurant in Bangkok which only serves the airline's in-flight meals.
• The Thai Airways fleet has been grounded for months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The commercial travel industry has been devastated.
• Now, Thai Airways have transformed their head-office canteen into a plane-themed experience for those missing dining at 36,000 feet.
• Chairs have been replaced with airplane seats, and the tables are made from old plane engine parts. Meals cost between $3 and $5.
• Cabin crew are also there to welcome customers, who can choose between economy and business class seating options.

Thai Airways has opened a pop-up restaurant in its Bangkok headquarters, so that customers missing the days of in-flight dining can get their fill.

The coronavirus pandemic has decimated commercial air travel, and the Thai Airways fleet has been grounded for months.

Thailand banned all passenger flights on April 4 but Thai Airways, which is 48% government-owned, took the novel step of bringing the in-flight experience on terra firma on September 3.

The airlines has transformed the canteen in its head office into a plane-themed restaurant serving only Thai Airways in-flight meals.

Here's what it's like inside.