Passengers are now allowed to use digital IDs to verify their identity when boarding domestic flights.
Traisulee Taisaranakul, deputy government spokeswoman, said the use of digital IDs had been permitted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand following the rollout of the D.DOPA mobile application.
D.DOPA is a mobile application developed by the Department of Provincial Administration (DPA) for registering a digital ID.
It can be used on both the iOS and Android platforms.
She said digital IDs must be from mobile applications developed by state agencies only, such as D.DOPA or the DLT QR Licence developed by the Department of Land Transport.
Screenshots and photos of actual IDs are not allowed due to the high risk of fabrication, she said.
Ms Traisulee said the move is to…
