Thailand outlines three-stage plan to become region’s aviation hub


By 2037, Thailand should be among the top five countries in the Asia-Pacific with the most airfreight volume per year, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. - PHOTO: PIXABAY via The Straits Times/ANN

BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has announced its three-stage plan to become the region’s aviation hub, increasing air traveller capacity to 270 million people a year by 2037 and becoming among the top five countries in air logistics in the Asia-Pacific.

It said the plan was part of the government’s Ignite Thailand initiative announced in February, which aims to make the country a hub for tourism, medical treatment, food, aviation, logistics, electric vehicles, digital economy and finance by 2030.

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