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ICAO Audit of Thai Civil Aviation in September
30th Jun 2017
Prime minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha said he was satisfied with the progress made by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) in resolving civil aviation sector shortcomings identified by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and called the CAAT to further speed up their reforms to prepare for the next ICAO inspection set for September this year.
Mister Prayut also urged the Ministry of Transport and Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith to make sure that the country is ready for the International Civil Aviation Organization audit in September by speeding up the implementation of necessary plans.
In June 2015, ICAO identified 33 “significant safety concerns” (SSC), most of which were connected with operations by the now former Department of Civil Aviation (DCA). Most of the safety issues pointed out by the ICAO are regarding the laws and regulations, work procedures, staff training and checklist manuals.
Since then, DCA has been defunct and a new organization, CAAT, took over from it on 1st October that year. With that, CAAT also took over the management of 28 airports in Thailand which were previously under the supervision of the Department of Civil Aviation. Unlike the DCA, which was a movement agency, the CAAT is independent in its operations, as instructed by the ICAO.
Since then, CAAT worked to remove ICAO’s red flag and one of the most important tasks the organization has is to recertify Thai major airlines. So far, six airlines have received their Air Operator Licenses (AOC), including Bangkok Airways in February), Thai AirAsia in April, Thai Airways International (THAI) in May and NokScoot, Thai AirAsia X and Nok Air in June. In all, CAAT is expected to recertify 12 airlines by September, 2017 and the remaining Thai-registered airlines should be recertified by January next year.
The draft by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand, which addresses the problems that the country’s civil aviation sector is facing in the long run, has been in the meantime approved by the Prime Minister’s Cabinet and is now in the hands of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA).
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