waerth Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 The saga continues. Luckily these are 5 airlines most sane people would avoid anyway. They do Charter flights for Chinese and Thai tourists mainly. R Airlines was started by one of the red shirt leaders. No surprise there as they have never taken safety seriously http://thainews.prd....OC5805130010014 BANGKOK, 13 May 2015 (NNT) -Following a thorough examination, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has found the aviation safety systems of five Thai airlines inadequate. According to the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), the airlines in question are Orient Thai, Nok Scoot, Jet Asia, City Airways and R Airlines. The detected flaws involved flight documents, aircraft maintenance and staff. The examination by the Civil Aviation Administration of China has discovered that documents of flight and aircraft maintenance of the airlines were incomplete. Some of the airplanes were aged above 14, while their maintenance failed to be carried out as schduled. The number of trained staff is also insufficient. The DCA, however, insisted that the airlines could address the problems before the deadline. In addition to concerns from the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the country will soon have to handle a new round of challenges. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will be observing its aviation safety standards in July, at which time the Thai authorities would still be drawing up aviation safety manuals. The FAA may impose tougher measures or restrictions on Thai airlines if they fail to pass the FAA’s requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 I thought Nok was all right, but I'm not so sure after they merged into Nok Scoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted May 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Nok did not merge into NokScoot. NokScoot is a seperate airline owned by Nok and Scoot (a daughter of Singapore Airlines) Meant to operate medium and longhaul routes from Thailand same like AirAsia X does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 ...and how long have these five airlines been flying with poor safety systems? Just now they find out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Ah, that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 ...and how long have these five airlines been flying with poor safety systems? Just now they find out I hadn't even heard of them until they started getting banned. Cheap charter airlines ... the kind to avoid if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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