JAPAN’S civil aviation agency has provisionally lifted a ban preventing Thai airlines from making charter flights to Japan from April 11 to May 31, revealed Thai transport minister Prajin Junthong at a news conference last Friday.
An ICAO audit on the Thai aviation sector last month revealed “significant safety concerns” in the sector, spurring Japan and South Korea to bar new flights from a number of Thai airlines.
Airlines such as Thai Airways, NokScoot and Jet Asia Airways had been included in the ban, with some 120,000 Thai passengers expected to be affected.
With the temporary lifting of the ban, Thai airlines are not allowed to change the type of aircraft they have indicated they will operate. Scheduled flights to Japan will continue to run as normal, reported Reuters.
