Bangkok--28 Apr--Thai Airways
Thai Airways International Public Company Limited announced that the Company has prepared to implement precautionary measures to prevent the spread of swine flu, safeguarding THAI’s passengers and those using the Company’s services.
ACM Narongsak Sangapong, THAI’s Senior Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretariat, and Acting President, said that the company has consulted with the Ministry of Public Health regarding the Mexican strain of swine influenza virus subtype H1N1 that resulted in public health outbreak and to closely monitor public health measures. Based on consultation with the Ministry of Public Health, preventive measures will be implemented to safeguard passengers against infection. The swine flu virus originated in Mexico and spread to other nearby countries in the Americas region, such as the United States of America and Canada. THAI held a meeting to establish preventive measures that will guard against the outbreak.
In particular, THAI’s primary preventive measures relate to provision of passenger services, public hygiene and sanitation, maintaining high levels of cleanliness during inflight service and ground service provision. The preventive swine flu measures will be similar to that implemented during the SARS outbreak in 2005 and avian flu outbreak in 2006. Details of the Company’s swine flu measures will be disclosed in the near future, with provision of public health screening of passengers upon flight arrival and departure. Furthermore, hygiene and sanitation measures will be implemented in the cabin area and on equipment used by employees in passenger service provision. As a result of the Company’s efforts in dealing with the SARS outbreak, THAI received a letter from the World Health Organization (WHO) commending it for responsible steps taken to protect passenger safety and reduce opportunity of contracting SARS.
The Company will coordinate with the Ministry of Public Health and closely monitor the pandemic, prepared to strictly adhere to public health directives put forth by the Ministry of Public Health, especially with regard to the Company’s international flight arrivals and departures to high-risk nations, such as the United States of America, which THAI operates daily on the return route Bangkok-Los Angeles.
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Thai Airways International Public Company Limited
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