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Thai Airways Passes EASA Audit, Can Fly to EU Again
23rd Dec 2015
Good news from Europe for Thailand travelers as Thai Airways International (THAI) successfully passed the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) audit, allowing the carrier to once again offer services to European Union and cities within it.
This was confirmed by the airline as well.
The announcement couldn't have come at a better time for Thailand, as the country is still under international scrutiny for major flaws in its commercial aviation safety standards.
Last year, EASA, which is the ruling European aviation body, announced that it will require TCO (Third Country Operator) authorization for all commercial airlines that are based outside of the European Union for safety reasons.
In a statement made on Tuesday, Thai Airways International President Charamporn Jotikasthira said that EASA has granted the airline the Third Country Operator license on 15th December.
The statement reads:
'THAI will continue to operate regularly-scheduled flights to Europe, which includes these 11 cities in 9 countries: London, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Brussels, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm, Zurich, Milan, and Rome. Passengers can find flight information at www.thaiarways.com. THAI continues to operate under high safety standards of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)'
Apart from EU, Thailand's problems have also spread to the United States, as the country's civil aviation ratings there was also downgraded by the US Federal Aviation Administration for not fully complying with the local standards.
Unlike Europe, however, this doesn't impact Thailand's airlines that much (at least not directly) since none of them currently operate flights directly to the States. However, this doesn't mean it can't and won't have an impact on Thailand's tourism industry.
Earlier this year, in June, the United Nation's Civil Aviation Authority has also downgraded the South-east Asian kingdom after it found several safety deficiencies, particularly in regards to the lack of ground technicians and the transportation of dangerous and hazardous materials. Due to this, the body has downgraded Thailand, which had a major impact on its aviation industry.
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