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Seven people have died after a high-speed Philippine ferry carrying 134 people caught fire on Monday, with seven passengers still missing, the coast guard said.

International air travel is likely to return to pre-pandemic levels sooner than expected, with most of Asia opening up quickly and international passenger numbers rebounding to 42 per cent of 2019 levels in the first quarter of this year.

One passenger was missing after a long-tailed boat sunk in Chao Phraya River on Saturday night, officers from Pakkred Police Station in Nonthaburi province said.

The volume of rail passengers has almost halved since the fresh outbreak of Covid-19, the Department of Rail Transport (DRT) said on Wednesday.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has attached additional passenger coaches to trains to facilitate travel during the Asalha Bucha and Buddhist Lent days from July 3 to 8 this year.

Airports of Thailand (AOT) may not pay bonuses to employees during the Covid-19 outbreak, which has taken a severe toll on the company’s performance.

The Department of Land Transport has instructed all public transport operators to strictly comply with the government and Transport Ministry measures to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus, director-general Jirut Wisanjit said today (April 28), while advising people on ways to prevent the risk of infection while travelling.

Airports of Thailand (AOT) expects the volume of flights to return to normal by October 2021, AOT president Nitinai Sirismatthakarn announced on Thursday (April 23).

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has revealed that the number of international visitors arriving in Thailand between January and March fell by 8.54 million, or 35.3 per cent, to 15.67 million, compared to the same period last year.

Phatthalung Governor Kukiat Wongkraphan announced on Friday (March 3) a lockdown of the province from April 6 to 16, in order to control Covid-19 from spreading and preventing local people from the risk of infection.

Huge numbers of people began to board trains at the Hua Lamphong station in Bangkok on Friday (December 27) to return to their hometowns for the New Year holidays.

Thais started to return to their hometowns for the New Year holidays on Thursday (December 26).