Five domestic airlines join Thai AirAsia that had earlier
signalled it was grounding flights in July.
CAAT banned airlines from transporting passengers to or from
cities and provinces identified as “dark red” zones as part of the latest
surveillance measures to slow the acceleration of Covid-19 daily infections
that exceeds 10,000 and the escalation in daily fatalities that passed the
100-mark on Sunday.
Some essential flights such as cargo or medical evacuation will continue, but commercial airline travel in Thailand halts for all intents and purposes. There are just two commercial exemptions. Bangkok Airways’ three daily bubble flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok to Samui Island and a daily flight from Phuket to Samui remain. It’s a concession to keep the Phuket Sandbox and Samui Plus projects alive. Travellers arriving on Phuket Sandbox flights were told they could travel anywhere in Thailand once they completed 14 days on Phuket Island Covid-19 free. However
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Boards with information about cancelled flights are seen at Bangkok s Suvarnabhumi International airport, Thailand, Jun 3, 2020. (File photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha)
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BANGKOK: A group of seven Thai airlines are seeking a combined 5 billion baht (US$152.16 million) in low interest loans from the Thai government to help weather the effects of the coronavirus crisis, the Thai Airlines Association said on Wednesday (Jul 21).
The seven airlines had initially requested US$770 million in soft loans, but had not received government support.
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