Four commercial aircraft on standby for evacuations from Israel

Four commercial planes, two each from Nok Air and Air Asia, have been put on standby to fly to Israel to evacuate Thais back to Thailand, once permission is granted by the Israeli government, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said today (Thursday), after chairing the meeting of the Rapid Response Centre at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He said that the government is expecting to receive an answer from Thai Airways International, as to whether it can also put one or more planes on standby for the evacuation operations.

The prime minister explained that special flights from Thailand to Israel will have to pass through the air space of four countries, so it is necessary for the Thai Foreign Ministry to negotiate with those countries to get their permission for the overflights and the negotiations will take two days at least.

He said that the evacuation of Thais from Israel is…