Thai flights banned in three countries as PM invokes powers to address safety record

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated March 31 2015 - 1:08pm, first published 1:04pm

Bangkok: Thailand's junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha has invoked the powers of a dictator to address a poor airline safety rating that has seen Japan, China and South Korea ban Thai carriers from adding new flights from his country.

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