Domestic flyers also subject to new luggage search rule

Bangkok Post - Oct 25, 2026

Travellers on all domestic flights are also liable to have their luggage searched under new regulations, not  just flyers leaving the kingdom, the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) warned on Sunday.

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