On January 15, 2022, the Department of South Asian, Middle Eastern and African Affairs, led Ambassadors and representatives from the diplomatic missions from South Asia, Middle East and Africa to visit the Bangkok Aviation Center and Asia Aviation Academy, which are two leading aviation training institutes in Bangkok.

In the morning, the delegation visited the Bangkok Aviation Center and after a briefing on the background and objectives of the school, the group visited the training facilities and private airfield of the school as well as participated in test flights with certified pilots. In the afternoon, the group visited the Asia Aviation Academy where they visited classrooms, teaching facilities and tested out flight simulators used for pilot training.

The purpose of the visit was to promote awareness of Thailand’s potential as an aviation training hub in ASEAN.