• OPINION

  Nok Nok, who's there?

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/08/2022

  » The delayed evacuation of passengers on Nok Air Flight DD108 after a landing mishap in Chiang Rai's Mae Fah Luang airport shows serious errors of judgement from the emergency responders.

• OPINION

  Repatriation of Thais needs ramping up

  Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 12/05/2020

  » In recent weeks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has accelerated efforts to bring Thai citizens stranded overseas back home. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the one issue that has tarnished the Thai government's positive image both inside and outside the country has been the stringent measures adopted by the Prayut administration with regard to the repatriation of Thais stuck overseas.

• OPINION

  Bad judgement is risking lives

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/04/2020

  » Yet another mistake. And, again, it involves an army officer. Maj-Gen Kosol Chujai, a specialist attached to the Office of the Defence Permanent Secretary, who was assigned to help health officials with the screening of arriving passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport, let 152 arriving Thai passengers go home on Friday night after they protested and refused to enter quarantine at state facilities.

• OPINION

  Help Thais come home

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/03/2020

  » As the tough war against the coronavirus gets under way, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government is facing growing calls to review flight check-in directives that make it difficult for Thais abroad wishing to come home. And it should listen seriously to the voices of those in trouble.

• OPINION

  Time to back virus control effort

  News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 23/03/2020

  » Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has made the right decision, belatedly though.

• OPINION

  Getting the message right

  News, Published on 23/03/2020

  » The announcement on Saturday that shopping malls and many other services in the capital will have to shut down shows that the government and various agencies have not learnt from recent lessons. In fact, the message will only further add to people's hardship amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

• OPINION

  Unsafe at any altitude?

  News, Editorial, Published on 13/03/2019

  » The second crash of the newest Boeing passenger jet should sound alarm bells throughout the aviation industry. In less than five months, two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft have dived suddenly, crashing and killing everyone aboard. The first such incident was last October, when an Indonesia Lion Air jetliner went down, killing 189 passengers and crew. Sunday's similar crash of an Ethiopian plane killed all 157 people aboard.

• OPINION

  Education the key for drone owners

  News, Editorial, Published on 15/10/2017

  » On Wednesday, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) stepped in to regulate about 50,000 drones in Thailand that must be registered within 90 days before they can be airborne. With immediate effect, Thailand's territory has become a no-fly zone for all kinds of unregistered drones. Some may not like it, but the registration is necessary. In fact, the NBTC must do more beyond registering drones.

• OPINION

  Air safety needs work

  News, Editorial, Published on 18/01/2017

  » Civil aviation has given Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha fits almost from the day of the 2014 military coup. He has appointed three directors, and when new blood failed to do the job, he tried full reform. He even took a figurative broom, swept out years of dirt and sloth and gave a new name to the Department of Civil Aviation. But while the new Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has made progress, it is still left wanting.

• OPINION

  About politics

  News, Published on 14/05/2016

  » The referendum result may well be the deciding factor in whether the next general election slated for next year will see Pheu Thai take its place in the starting line-up.

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