An updated article ....
Govt vows aviation industry boost.
Long-term assistance to help aid recovery.
The government hopes to accelerate the recovery of Thailand's aviation industry,
which hopes to see 200 million passengers per year by 2031. (We hope SHR has launched by then )
"......cited figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which said the nation is set to become the ninth-largest aviation market in the world.
The industry, which generates about 85 billion baht ($2,544,300,750.00 USD) a year or 7.7% of Thailand's gross domestic product (GDP).
Between 2012-2019, air travel in Thailand grew by an average of 9.4% per year.
Before the pandemic in 2019, 165 million passengers travelled on more than one million flights to and from Thailand that year.
Thailand was connected to the world by 380 international air routes, while domestically, there were 67 routes operated by various airlines.
