Thai Airways secures 11 European destitions

Bangkok, Dec 20: Thai Airways Intertiol (THAI) has obtained a third-country operator certificate from the European Union (EU) and secured flights to 11 news destitions, the media reported on Sunday.

THAI president Charamporn Jotikasthira said officials of the European  Aviation Safety Agency gency (EASA) had checked the safety standard of the tiol airline on November 12 and 13 and that it had already categorised THAI as a third-country operator (TCO), the Bangkok Post reported.

THAI now operates flights to 11 European destitions — Brussels, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, London, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stockholm and Zurich. The certification for THAI took effect on December 15 and it means that the airline can operate flights to EU countries, he said. The EU started to issue TCO certification to non-EU airlines this year and any non-EU airlines without the TCO status can not operate flights to the EU from November next year onwards. (IANS)