(2) Check passengers’ letter issued by the Royal Thai Embassy, Thai Consular Office or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs certifying that the passengers are Thai nationals returning to Thailand. 5. If the passengers are unable to present the required documentation according to 3 or 4, the air operator shall not issue a boarding pass and the boarding shall be denied. 6. After the required screening has been satisfied as in 3 or 4, and the boarding passes are issued to the passengers, the air operators shall arrange for passengers to provide information on their accommodation that can be contacted in Thailand in Form T.8 in accordance with the Communicable Diseases Act B.E. 2558 (2015) and submit to the communicable disease control officials at the international communicable disease control checkpoint of the airport of disembarkation. The passengers may also enter their information in the “AOT Airport of Thailand” application. 7. Air operators should apply the following protective measures on board the aircraft: (1) Arrange seats to passengers with the greatest possible distance apart from each other when issuing boarding passes. Dedicated space in the passenger cabin should be allocated to monitor passengers with fever, cough or illness if necessary. (2) Inform passengers on how to protect themselves from communicable diseases, to always wear their masks throughout the flight, or prepare other equipment necessary to protect themselves against transmission. (3) Consider limiting services in the passenger cabin to reduce the necessity for flight attendants to get in close contact with the passengers. (4) Require all flight attendants to wear masks.
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11. Air operators shall strictly comply with measures for the surveillance, prevention and control of dangerous communicable diseases as issued by the Ministry of Public Health under the Communicable Diseases Act B.E. 2558 (2015). 12. Air operators shall notify their staff at the airport of embarkation and the flight attendants of the above guideline and require their full compliance. The flight attendants shall also make additional on-board public announcement of such guidelines to the passengers.