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Oct 01, 2015 (newstodate): One airline with ambitions to enter the Thai aviation market is the Lithuanian charter and ACMI carrier Small Planet Airlines.
Already reported by newstodate in December 2014, Small Planet Airlines Group plans to acquire an AOC in Thailand allowing it to set up a new subsidiary Small Planet Thailand alongside its Lithuanian carrier Small Planet Airlines, in the air since 2007, and Small Planet Airlines Poland added in 2009.
-We are determined to proceed with the project for setting up a subsidiary in Thailand, but it will take longer time. The whole industry is waiting for the outcome of another ICAO audit which is due in November.
Vytautas Kaikaris, Small Planet Airlines CEO confirmed to newstodate in September 2015.
Now things are moving in Thailand.
The Thai cabinet has approved four proposed draft laws that will split the country's Department of Civil Aviation into two independent units, the Office of Civil Aviation that will serve as a regulator, and the Airport Department operating 28 airports.
In January 2015 ICAO raised concerns over the conflict stemming from the dual role played by DCA being both the aviation authority as well as an airport operator.
Since then, ICAO has assisted the Thai government in drafting the new proposed legislation, expected to be finally approved within a few months.
Since 2014, Small Planet Airlines has built up business with customers in Asia to balance the seasonal variations in the European traffic, starting with a cooperation with Bhutan Airlines flying passengers from Bangkok to Paro in Bhutan, followed by a project with Sky Angkor, and in 2015 the Group established a representative office in Bangkok, Thailand.
Already reported by newstodate in December 2014, Small Planet Airlines Group plans to acquire an AOC in Thailand allowing it to set up a new subsidiary Small Planet Thailand alongside its Lithuanian carrier Small Planet Airlines, in the air since 2007, and Small Planet Airlines Poland added in 2009.
-We are determined to proceed with the project for setting up a subsidiary in Thailand, but it will take longer time. The whole industry is waiting for the outcome of another ICAO audit which is due in November.
Vytautas Kaikaris, Small Planet Airlines CEO confirmed to newstodate in September 2015.
Now things are moving in Thailand.
The Thai cabinet has approved four proposed draft laws that will split the country's Department of Civil Aviation into two independent units, the Office of Civil Aviation that will serve as a regulator, and the Airport Department operating 28 airports.
In January 2015 ICAO raised concerns over the conflict stemming from the dual role played by DCA being both the aviation authority as well as an airport operator.
Since then, ICAO has assisted the Thai government in drafting the new proposed legislation, expected to be finally approved within a few months.
Since 2014, Small Planet Airlines has built up business with customers in Asia to balance the seasonal variations in the European traffic, starting with a cooperation with Bhutan Airlines flying passengers from Bangkok to Paro in Bhutan, followed by a project with Sky Angkor, and in 2015 the Group established a representative office in Bangkok, Thailand.