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Thai Minister Still Hopeful On China Flight Ban Issue
11th May 2015
Thailand's current Transport Minister, Prajin Juntong remains hopeful that China will continue allowing Thai-registered air carriers to conduct flights into the country.
The Thai minister arrived yesterday from a brief visit to Chongqing, China where he held talks with the province's officials. According to the transport minister, Chinese officials confirmed openness to Thai's service flights into the country mainly because a lot of Chinese travelers book for these flight routes.
He mentioned too that each province in China have authority to set and exercise their own aviation regulations.
Meanwhile, Prajin reiterated that efforts to restructure the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) are on-going, adding that this might be completed and implemented in October.
He explained that the office will be branched out into three units. The first will oversee search and rescue operations. The next unit will monitor and regulation aviation and airport standards, including issuance of pertinent certificates and licenses. The third and the last unit will be tasked to administer all existing airports of Thailand.
On the other hand, Somchai Phiphutthawat, current chief of DCA confirmed that so far the department has not received any directive to abort Thai charter flights to China.
Officials from China's aviation sector will visit the DCA tomorrow to conduct an inspection. Mr. Somchai said that these officials will most likely look into the same issues which came out of the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) report on Thailand's aviation standards.
These issues include adequacy of manpower, procedures on granting permits and licenses, and adherence to global aviation standards.
Somchai disclosed that he already sent directives for DCA personnel to make appropriate preparations for the audit but he stressed that audit results, whether it's a pass or fail, rests entirely in the hands of these officials.
The DCA chief is particularly concerned with DCA's problems on issuing permits and licenses. He said that if DCA's standards fail in the eyes of the Chinese delegates, Thailand airlines must be prepared to face the consequences.
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