Thai airlines in safety concern list
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Sejong - Six foreign airlines operating in South Korea are classified as having safety concerns, the transportation ministry here said Wednesday, pledging to step up monitoring of flights with poor safety records.
According to Yonhap news agency, South Korea's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry revealed the list of six foreign airlines from three nations -- Kazakhstan, Thailand and Indonesia -- as well as this year's major accidents on its website in a bid to encourage passengers to select safe airlines.
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an international aviation watchdog, in July put 14 nations on the aviation safety concern list. Among them, four Thailand-registered budget airlines and Kazakhstan's Air Astana are flying to and from South Korea.
Garuda Indonesia was among the flights with poor safety records named by the U.S. aviation safety authority.
"We will reflect the safety evaluation results by the international organizations and advanced nations in banning new flights of airlines on the list and strengthen monitoring of them," the ministry said.
Foreign airlines account for about 38 percent of international flights in the nation, according to the ministry.
