The guide provides in-depth details on the legal regimes affecting all aspects of aircraft sale and purchase, aircraft and engine leasing, and aircraft debt finance, including sale and lease agreement terms; taxation; ...

As mentioned in the immediately preceding article, one of the seven States that acceded to the 1999 Montreal Convention in 2017 was Thailand...

Thailand is not a signatory to the Cape Town Convention. This means that upon an airline-lessee's default, a lessor cannot present an Irrevocable Deregistration and Export Authorization (IDERA) document...

Tilleke & Gibbins' Bangkok-based aviation specialists have authored the Thailand chapter of Aviation Finance & Leasing 2025 from Chambers and Partners. This annual guide examines the key legal issues impacting aircraft lessors, lessees, and financiers in 37 jurisdictions worldwide

When the Montreal Convention 1999 came into force in 2003, the Convention was widely seen as a modern and international liability regime governing air carrier liability overhauling the outdated Warsaw system of carrier's liability.

Sale and leaseback structures and pledges of an aircraft are primary tools in Thailand for lenders to secure aircraft financing. However, these prevalent approaches come with certain limitations.

On the 24th December 2003, the Ministry of Communications in Thailand announced a new regulation governing the rights of passengers whose domestic flights are delayed or cancelled or suffer an accident. The measures are applicable to scheduled domestic airlines only and took effect on 24th December.

Aircraft lease agreements are commonly governed by the law of England and Wales, New York, or another common-law jurisdiction.

Thailand's Supreme Administrative Court has issued a decisive ruling annulling the Ministry of Labor's notification that had granted an exemption for foreign pilots to fly domestic routes under wet‑lease arrangements.

Apart from the general tax regime (which can include income tax, value-added tax (VAT), stamp duty and import duties), an aircraft or engine sales agreement is not subject to a specific tax or stamp duty.