Third-wave pulls Thai air travel down by more than 50 per cent: CAAT

The near empty check-in hall of the departures terminal at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 22, 2021. - Bloomberg

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): The first quarter of this year has seen just 6.66 million air passengers, marking a 79.1 per cent drop from 25.27 million in the same period last year, the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) reported on Wednesday (May 19).

Of the 6.66 million, 6.47 million were domestic passengers, dropping 60.1 per cent year on year, while some 195,000 were foreigners, marking a drop of 98.8 per cent year on year.