A Thai Airways Boeing 777-300ER plane takes
off from
Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport. The carrier will be able to
continue
to fly to Europe without restriction following results
of a European Commission
safety audit.(Reuters photo)
The European Aviation Safety Agency on Thursday spared
Thai-registered airlines a ban from European skies, saying
instead it will
closely monitor and assist the country in
upgrading its air-safety standards.
While the EASA did not yet publish the full
results of its recent
safety audit, the European Commission said in a statement
that no Thai-registered airlines were added to its EU Air Safety
List for the listing of carriers subject to operational
bans or
restrictions in the European Union to be updated officially
on Friday.
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"The commission and the EASA are
willing to continue to
work with the
Thai authorities to enhance aviation safety in
the country," the statement
read.
"The commission and EASA will, however, closely monitor
future
developments and, if the protection of air passengers
against safety risks so
requires, the commission could then
propose to include one or more air carriers
from Thailand in
the Air Safety List."
The EU reprieve comes as the first
bit of good news in a while
for the Thai aviation sector, which has been
reeling this year
after air-safety downgrades from both the International Civil
Aviation Organization and US Federal Aviation Administration.
While
last week's FAA downgrade dealt a powerful blow to
the country's international
image, it, so far, has had no
material impact, as no Thai carriers currently
serve
North America.
The same would not have been true had the
EASA slapped
Thailand with a ban or restrictions. Thai Airways
Thai Airways
International and charter carrier Mjets both
serve the European market with the
Europe responsible
for an estimated 30% of THAI's revenue.
Europe is Thailand's
second largest tourism market, with the
number of European tourists accounting
for about 18% of total
international visitors this year.
About four million
Europeans visit Thailand every year with
about a quarter of those flying THAI.
EASA visited Thailand earlier this year and
on Wednesday
the Department of Civil Aviation signed an agreement with
the
agency that will see EASA experts help Thailand improve
its air-safety
oversight.
News,Transport,Bangkok Post 10 December 2015.
As
the European market responsible for an estimated
30 % of THAI’s revenue so it is the good
news that
Thai Airways Thai Airways International meet
the
standard of EASA.
Hope we can improve the service to meet the
standard
of both the International Civil Aviation
Organization and
US Federal
Aviation Administration also.
Sincerely Yours.
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