More flights are now able to depart from the Middle East as conditions stabilise in some countries, while the repatriation of Thais continues, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Countries that are not direct parties to the conflict, such as Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, have been able to arrange more special flights and commercial flights in recent days, deputy spokesman Panidone Pachimsawat told a briefing at Government House on Tuesday.
Repatriation of Thais is continuing, he said, adding that no casualties have been reported among Thai people living in Middle Eastern countries.
The first group of 52 Thai evacuees from Iran has already arrived in Thailand. The second group of 68 Thais left Iran on Tuesday and was expected to return home on Thursday and Friday.
Fourteen other Thais are preparing to leave Iraq and travel overland to the city of Van in Turkey to board a flight home.
In the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways has announced it will operate one fight a day each to Bangkok and Phuket until Thursday, and will also resume flights to Chiang Mai and Krabi if conditions are promising.
In Qatar, 24 Thais were booked on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha that was scheduled to arrive in Bangkok on Wednesday night. Many more stranded Thais have booked special repatriation flights from Qatar.
Mr Panidone said that for Thai people in the countries where airspace remained closed, ministry officials were coordinating their trips to third-party countries where flights were available.
Since the Middle East war erupted on Feb 28, 381 Thais have been repatriated from the region.
Meanwhile, the Thai embassy in Tel Aviv warns that scammers claiming to be embassy officials have been attempting to lure stranded Thais into transferring money to arrange for their repatriation flights.
