Thai Smile suspends domestic flights until 3 August

Thai Airways International’s regional subsidiary Thai Smile will temporarily suspend all of its scheduled domestic commercial flight operations from 21 July until 3 August. The airline is making the move “in support of the [Covid-19] containment efforts by the government of Thailand”, Thai Airways says in a 19 July filing to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). Thai Airways itself had already announced the suspension of several domestic routes from the capital Bangkok until September, also in compliance with tightened movement restrictions by the country’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said in an 18 July statement that it would require local airlines to suspend commercial passenger flights to and from “dark red” zones, which are provinces classified as having the highest infection risk, starting 21 July, in line with travel restrictions imposed on these provinces. Thai Smile and its parent will continue to evaluate the situation closely and reinstate services as soon as the situation improves, the 19 July SET filing adds.<br/>