Thai Aviation Industry
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Thai Aviation Industry, or TAI
TAI
Three letter acronym TAI may refer to:* IATA airport code for Ta'izz International Airport* ICAO code for TACA International Airlines* Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux, a now defunct French airline...

 is a Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

's aircraft repair and maintenance service center. Thai 's government had approve to establish on 23 September 2003. Under founding shareholders by Royal Thai Air Force
Royal Thai Air Force
The Royal Thai Air Force or RTAF is the air force of the Kingdom of Thailand. Since its establishment in 1913, as one of the earliest air forces of Asia, the Royal Thai Air Force had engaged in many major and minor battles. During the Vietnam war era, the air force has been developed with USAF-aid...

. Thai Aviation Industry 's headquarters at Don Muang and started its operation on the 29 January 2004.

Established in 2003 with the anticipation on the increasing demands for the aviation maintenance service; driven by the surge of activities related to the aviation industries due to the government's policy to make Thailand the aviation hub in Asia Pacific region. At that time, Thailand has no aviation maintenance center of its own, therefore the company was established. The company is currently serving the industry with more than 400 highly experienced engineers and aviation technicians from the Royal Thai Air Force. Therefore, on the 23rd, September 2003, the cabinet approved the project for the Transportation Ministry and Royel Thai Air Force (RTAF) to jointly establish the Thai Aviation Industries Company Limited (TAI) with registered capital of 100 million baht. Two major founding shareholders of TAI are The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion (OSMEP), 51 percent and the RTAF welfare, 49 percent.

Thai Aviation Industries Co., Ltd's headquarters at Don Muang started its operation on the 29th January 2004. The company's aircraft repair services center at Nakhon Sawan Province was officially opened on the 29th April 2004. The standard of the services is in accordance with the rules instructed by the Department of Civil Aviation. One year later, the company expanded its services to cover the new two maintenance services centers for light plance and aircraft for flight training at the Flying Training School (Nakhon Pathom Province) and Flight 604, Don Muang. The company also set up the tool and measurement testing and calibration center in 2005

In 2006, TAI, in order to cope with the increasing demand, opened the Piston Engine Repairing Division (Donmueang) and Propeller Repairing Division (DomMueang) and Aviation Electronics Repairing Division (Donnmueang). At the end of the year. Helicopter Repairing Center at Lopburi Province was opened for service. At present, the company has more than 400 experienced engineers and aviation technicians from the Royal Thai Air Force.
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