6 airlines from three countries on Korea's safety concern list
Six foreign airlines from three countries, including Thailand, operating in South Korea are classified as having safety concerns, according to Yonhap news agency.
South Korea’s Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry said the airlines were from Kazakhstan, Thailand and Indonesia, according to Yonhap.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in July put 14 nations on the aviation-safety concern list.
Among them, four Thailand-registered budget airlines and Kazakhstan’s Air Astana fly to and from South Korea.
"We will reflect the safety-evaluation results by the international organisations 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 per cent of international flights in the nation, according to the ministry.
According to CAPA Centre for Aviation, Thailand’s new crop of |long-haul low-cost carriers have |been set back by new restrictions imposed by Japan and South Korea after an ICAO determination that Thailand’s aviation authority was not in compliance with international safety standards.
