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airlines. "The audit found that the
Department of Civil Aviation had overlooked many regulations for the low-cost airlines," said one source. "Simple things like having airline manuals at ground offices, making sure you have two planes ready to relieve mechanical errors were all lacking". The ICAO said it would formally downgrade Thailand's safety ranking in early-June 2015 if the DCA were unable to fix the deficiencies by then. If safety is downgraded, all airlines registered in Thailand, including major carriers like Thai Airways would face possible bans on new routes. Existing routes would continue as normal. Japan and South Korea have already responded to the possible downgrade by banning requests for future flight plans and banning all charter flights from Thailand-registered companies. A source within Thai Airways criticized the Department of Civil Aviation, "Their lack of attention to detail is costing us all,..."
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Koreans. Three Thai charter carriers will not be permitted to fly to Korea in April. About 10,000 passengers will be affected. Japan had earlier granted Thailand a
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