Further providers on home flights in Thailand have change into much more fundamental as the supply of meals, drink and printed supplies on board flights has been prohibited to curb the unfold of COVID-19.
The in-flight consumption of meals and beverage is just not allowed, even when passengers carry the refreshments onboard themselves, as masks have to be worn always. Within the case of emergency or necessity, cabin crew are permitted to offer consuming water for the passenger in an remoted space, as far-off from different folks as attainable. That is the second time authorities have taken this measure, as they carried out it beforehand on 26 April and lifted the ban on 31 August, 2020.
The Thai Authorities has additionally suspended the onboard printed supplies service, equivalent to newspapers, magazines or commercial pamphlets, excluding paperwork or supplies pertaining to security. Passengers are permitted to carry their very own printed supplies on board, however will possible must carry them with them once they disembark.
“Cleansing time after every cease of home flight is extraordinarily quick, since operators are likely to do the quickest turnaround as attainable and I believe it’s unlikely operators would be capable to totally clear all of these things,” Chula Sukmanop, director common of Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) told CNN. “Subsequently, having non-essential studying supplies on-board would create extra danger of virus publicity.”
The Thai Authorities has elevated the extent of public well being measures in an try to stabilize the general public well being emergency state of affairs and stop its escalation. Airways must comply with the brand new rules, or they are going to face attainable penalty from the regulator CAAT. Additional data could be discovered on CAAT’s web site here.
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