GEN 1.2  ENTRY, TRANSIT AND DEPARTURE OF AIRCRAFT

1.  General

1.1 International flight into, from or over the Kingdom of Thailand territory shall be subjected to the current Thai regulations relating to civil aviation. These regulations correspond in all essentials to the Standards and Recommended Practices contained in Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
1.2 To fly over or take-off or land in the territory of the Kingdom of Thailand, foreign aircraft/airline is required to obtain prior permission. Application for such permission shall be made to the Director of Air Transport Control Division as address in Designated Authorities.
1.3 No aircraft entering or leaving the Kingdom of Thailand shall land before or depart except at or from a Customs Airport. Provided that an aircraft which is compelled by force majeure to land before arrival at or after departure from a Customs Airport shall, after compliance with the procedure laid down below, be deemed to have landed at or departed from a Customs Airport according to the requirement of the foregoing paragraph. In case that any aircraft entering or leaving the Kingdom of Thailand is compelled by force majeure to land at any place other than a Customs Airport, the person in charge shall forthwith report to a Customs Officer or an Administrative or Police Official, and on demand, produce to such Officer the log books of the aircraft and shall not allow any goods to be unloaded from the aircraft without the consent of a Customs Officer; and no passenger or member of the personnel thereof shall leave the immediate vicinity without the consent of a Customs Officer or an Administrative or Police Official. If the place of landing be an airport, the person in charge shall forthwith report the arrival of the aircraft and the place whence it came to the proprietor or officer in charge of the airport, who shall forthwith report the arrival of the aircraft to a Customs Officer and shall not allow any goods to be unloaded therefrom or any passenger or member of the personnel thereof to leave the airport without the consent of such Officer.

2.  Scheduled flights

2.1  General

Scheduled international air services may be foreign airline into or in transit across the Kingdom of Thailand in pursuance of:

  1. The International Air Services Transit Agreement, provided that States in which the airline is registered is a contracting party to this agreement; or

  2. Agreement between the Kingdom of Thailand and States in which the airline is registered.

2.2  Documentary Requirements for Clearance of Aircraft
2.2.1 The documents required for clearance of aircraft on entry and departure to and from the Kingdom of Thailand must be submitted by authorized agent or pilot-in-command. All documents are acceptable when completed in legible English. No visas are required in connection with such documents. The requirements are as follows:

2.2.2 Aircraft Documents Required (Arrival / Departure)
Required byGeneral DeclarationPassenger ManifestCargo ManifestStores List

Departure

    
Airport Authority111-
Customs1121
Immigration23--
Health Authority----
Animal Quarantine--1-
Total4541
Required byGeneral DeclarationPassenger ManifestCargo ManifestStores List

Arrival

    
Airport Authority111-
Customs112-
Immigration23--
Health Authority11--
Plant Quarantine--1-
Animal Quarantine--1-
Total565-
2.3  Public Health Measures Applied to Aircraft
2.3.1 Public health measures are required to be carried out in respect of aircraft entering the Kingdom of Thailand in accordance with Communicable Disease Act B.E.2558 (A.D.2015), Thailand and International Health Regulations (WHO).
2.3.2 Aircraft arriving from affected area may land at an international airport provided the aircraft has been disinsected while in flight approximately thirty minutes before arrival at the airport. The insecticide to be used is authorized aerosol (standard reference aerosol). If, in special circumstances a second spraying of the aircraft is deemed necessary by the Health Authority to be carried out on the ground, passengers and crew are permitted to disembark beforehand.

3.  Non-scheduled flights

3.1  Procedures
3.1.1 Subject to the observance of the terms of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, application must be made and prior approval obtained from the Thai The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand for all aircraft of the Contracting States of the Convention on International Civil Aviation desiring to carry out non-scheduled fight into, in transit non-stop across Thailand, or to make stops for non-traffic purpose in Thailand. The application must contain the following particulars:
  1. Name, address and business connection with the aircraft of the informant;

  2. Owner, type, nationality and registration mark of the aircraft;

  3. Name of operator;

  4. Purpose of flight;

  5. Routing, including aerodromes before/after the Kingdom of Thailand;

  6. Names of aerodromes to land in the Kingdom of Thailand; and

  7. Dates and times of its arrival and departure at each aerodrome.

3.1.2 Aircraft of non-Contracting States of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, desiring to fly in transit, non-stop across the Kingdom of Thailand or to land for non-traffic purposes, must apply and obtain prior approval through diplomatic channel. The application must contain the particulars in the 3.1.1.
3.1.3 Aircraft of Contracting States of the Convention on International Civil Aviation intending to perform a non-scheduled flight into and/or out of the Kingdom of Thailand for the purpose of taking on and /or discharging passengers, cargo and mail, must apply in writing to The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. The application must be submitted not less than 7 days in advance of the intended date of operation and contain the following particulars:
  1. Name of operator;

  2. Type, nationality and registration mark of the aircraft;

  3. Purpose of flight and landing in the Kingdom of Thailand;

  4. Routing;

  5. Name of aerodrome to land in the Kingdom of Thailand;

  6. Dates and times of its arrival and departure at each aerodrome;

  7. Number and list of passengers, categories of passengers (i.e. Inclusive Tour Group, Affinity Group or Own Use Charter etc) including points of embarkation or disembarkation of passengers;

  8. Name of Charterer and agent including address to contact in the Kingdom of Thailand; and

  9. Description and quantity of freight, consignor, consignee, including points of loading and unloading of freight.

Note: Inclusive Tour Charter Flight

  1. The entire capacity of the aircraft shall be hired by one or several persons in charge of inclusive Tour Charter Flight and shall be reserved for the sole use of the participants of a travel program which has been fixed in advance. If the trip is to be regarded as an inclusive tour, the following conditions must be complied with:

    1. The duration of the tour shall not be less than one week.

    2. The travel arrangement shall comprise transportation, hotel accommodation and meal (i.e. at least breakfast and one principal meal) as well as excursions, if such can be arranged, including home transportation.

    3. Each group of passengers to be transported shall consist of not less than 15 persons, all from the same Inclusive Tour Charter Agency and with the same travel arrangement. The same aircraft may carry several of these groups.

    4. There shall be a travel agency courier at the disposal of the group at the point of destination.

    5. The participation group members shall make full payment, no refund of payment in case of part of the arrangement not being utilized, for the entire travel arrangement.

  2. Transportation of revenue passengers who do not participate in Inclusive Tour Group, is not permitted.

  3. The flight may not be performed with aircraft not owned by the contracting charter company, unless special permission has been obtained from The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand..

  4. Any amendments in the flight program on which the permission of The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand is based, shall be submitted for approval

  5. It is the duty of the charter company concerned to control the participants of the respective groups to be transported together on the outward and return flight. Any deviation, as well as the course thereof, shall at the latest be reported to The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand upon the return of the aircraft to the point of origin.

Affinity Group Charter Flight

  1. The entire capacity of the aircraft shall be hired by a club or an association. In specific cases, however, exemption may be granted, permitting up to 3 charterers for one flight.

  2. The club or association shall be of a permanent character (juristic person) and its principal purpose shall be other than travel arrangements and the membership of the club or association must not exceed a maximum of 20000.

  3. The persons who are to be transported, shall be members of the club or association for not less than 6 months. Qualified to participate are likewise parents, spouse or children of such a member, provided that they belong to his household and are accompanied by him.

Own Use Charter Flight

  1. The entire capacity of the aircraft hired by the charterer (individual, firm, legitimate club or associations) for transportation either for employees of the charterer or for persons affiliated with the charterer other than employees (e.g. the hiring by a sports club for transportation of a football team to a match).

  2. The charterer of the aircraft solely, shall decide the destination of the aircraft as well as all arrangement connected with the journey.

  3. The charterer shall defray all expenses incidental to the flight, no payment, either direct or indirect, to be made by the participant of the flight to the charterer.

An agent of foreign airline shall posses the following competences

  1. Being a juristic person;

  2. Having residence in the Kingdom of Thailand; and

  3. Having been delegated general authority in respect of agent in writing by the appointing airline and sustaining responsibility for the appointing airline in any respects.

3.2  Documentary Requirements for Clearance of Aircraft

Same requirements as for Scheduled Flights.

3.3  Public Health Measures Applied to Aircraft

Same requirements as for Scheduled Flights.

4.  Private Flights

4.1  Procedures

Aircraft of the Contracting States of the Convention on International Civil Aviation intending to perform private flight into, in transit non-stop across, or to made stop for non-traffic purposes in the Kingdom of Thailand, or for taking on/and discharging passengers must apply in writing or telex or AFTN message to The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. The application for small aircraft with maximum take-off weight not exceeding 5 700 kgs and helicopter must be submitted not less than 15 days in advance of the intended date of operation and contain the following particulars

  1. Number and type of aircraft;

  2. Identification/Nationality and Registration mark of the aircraft;

  3. Flight Rule and Status;

  4. Route schedule;

  5. Date/Times of entry/exit Bangkok FIR boundaries;

  6. Date/Times of arrival/ departure (in case of landing in the Kingdom of Thailand);

  7. Airways to be used via Bangkok FIR;

  8. Alternate Aerodrome;

  9. Speed;

  10. Level;

  11. Endurance;

  12. Passenger on board;

  13. Crew;

  14. Purpose of landing;

  15. Purpose of flight; and

  16. Owner and address.

Private aircraft with maximum take-off weight exceeding 5 700 kgs application procedure prescribed in 3.1.1 and 3.1.3 shall be imposed thereof.

4.2  Documentary Requirements for clearance of Aircraft

Same requirements as for Scheduled Flights.

4.3  Public Health Measures Applied to Aircraft

Same requirements as for Scheduled Flights.