Chula Sukmanop, chief of the CAAT, says the new civil aviation bill is necessary before OCAO will lift Thailand's red flag. (Bangkok Post file photo)The aviation regulator is pressuring the Council of State to wrap up scrutiny of a new civil aviation bill in June to pave the way for the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to lift its red flag on Thai aviation over safety concerns. After the deliberation work is done, the CAAT will ask the ICAO to audit the country's aviation standards, he said. The bill will then be tabled at a cabinet meeting and put forward to the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) by July, Mr Chula said. If the NLA has still not passed the bill by June 30, Mr Chula said the UN-based ICAO may still agree to carry out the audit.

Source: Bangkok Post April 25, 2017 22:07 UTC