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CAAT receives final evaluation by faa for safety rating upgrade

March 11, 2025

The FAA is conducting its final evaluation of CAAT's safety improvements. If successful, Thailand's aviation safety rating will be upgraded to Category 1, allowing Thai carriers to resume US flights and expand operations globally. Results will be known in 30 days.

Thailand eyes FAA top safety rating after nearly 10 years

March 07, 2025

The Civil Aviation Authority is gearing up for a crucial inspection, aiming to reclaim its Category 1 rating after being downgraded in 2015

Suriya confident CAAT will win back FAA’s top aviation safety standard this year

THURSDAY, APRIL 04, 2024

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) will win back safety endorsement of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this year, Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said on Thursday.

Boeing's 737 Max under scrutiny after plane sustains side hole

SUNDAY, JANUARY 07, 2024

Boeing faces new scrutiny about the safety of its best-selling plane after federal officials announced the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 Max planes on Saturday, following a harrowing flight in which an Alaska Airlines jetliner was left with a gaping hole in its side.

FAA gives preliminary approval to design fixes to Boeing 737 Max, moving plane closer to resuming flight

TUESDAY, AUGUST 04, 2020

WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that it has given preliminary approval to design changes for Boeing's 737 Max that should prevent a repeat of two crashes that killed more than 300 people in five months.

Winds of change

TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020

Chinese manufacturers will have to adapt to a new normal during and after the pandemic

Boeing minimized to FAA the importance of flight control system, report finds

THURSDAY, JULY 02, 2020

WASHINGTON - Boeing repeatedly downplayed to federal regulators the importance of a flight control system that would later be implicated in the fatal crashes of two 737 Max jets, according to an inspector general's report released Wednesday.

Beyond lack of masks and coronavirus tests, FAA says it's short on cleaning supplies

SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2020

Beyond the shortages of masks and test kits hampering the U.S. response to the novel coronavirus, the Federal Aviation Administration has pointed to limited supplies of cleaning products as another challenge.

FAA wants detailed inspections, fixes of engine panels on Boeing 737 Max

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A new airworthiness directive set to be published this week by the Federal Aviation Administration will require enhanced inspections and fixes to portions of an outside panel that helps protect the engines on Boeing's 737 Max from lightning strikes.

FAA proposes $5.4 million fine for Boeing over defective 737 Max wing parts

SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2020

FAA proposes $5.4 million fine for Boeing over defective 737 Max wing parts.The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that it was seeking to penalize Boeing $5.4 million over allegations that it wrongly told the agency that defective wing parts were safe to use on its 737 Max jets.

Nok Air plane to come under FAA inspection

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2019

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has clarified that of all the Thai airlines, only "Nok Air" has been subjected to an FAA inspection, concerning a Boeing 737 aircraft of the carrier while Thai Lion pulls through as all of its aircraft have less than ten-thousand flight cycles.

Must read : US defends delay in grounding Boeing 737 Max

THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019

As affected travellers in the United States scrambled to re-book their flights in the wake of Wednesday's (March 13) announcement that America was grounding its Boeing 737 Max fleet, many questioned why America had been so late to do so.

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