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THAILAND BANS ALCOHOL, DRINKS, FOOD AND PRINTED MATERIALS ON ALL DOMESTIC FLIGHTS

By Siulan Law Mathews DipWSET

19-1-2021



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Thailand has banned alcohol, food, drinks and any printed materials on board all domestic flights to stem the coronavirus, the only country in the world to have applied such stringent measures.

Face masks are mandatory all the time on domestic flights from 31 December 2020. Passengers are not allowed to eat and drink after boarding. Even if passengers bring their own food and drinks on board, they are not allowed to consume them during the flight.

However, cabin crew are allowed to give out water if passengers ask for it, water drinking is only allowed when really necessary like taking medicine.

All airlines have to follow the regulations, those failed to comply could face penalty from regulator which Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT).

"Cleaning time after each stop of domestic flight is extremely short, since operators tend to do the quickest turnaround as possible and I think it is unlikely operators would be able to thoroughly clean all of these items. Therefore, having non-essential reading materials on-board would create more risk of virus exposure," CAAT director-general, Chula Sukmanop, told CNN.

Passengers are allowed to bring their own magazines or newspapers on board, but they will be asked to take all printed materials with them when they leave the place.

The CAAT ban applies to printed materials that would be handed out on board, like menus, in-flight magazines or duty-free catalogues.

Given most domestic flights in Thailand do not last for longer than two hours, most passengers did not find this policy too inconvenient.

This is the second time that such a move has been taken. Thailand previously banned in-flight food and drink service on 26 April 2020, the ban was lifted two months later on 31 August.

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