On 21 August 2026, H.E. Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, joined H.E. Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime Minister, in attending a briefing at Ardmore Airport, where they are received Mr. Stephen Burrow, Executive of NZAero, during the official visit to New Zealand in Auckland.

The Deputy Prime Minister attended a briefing on New Zealand’s capabilities in the aviation industry, as well as the cooperation between NZAero and Thailand to date. Thailand has used the company’s aircraft in the Royal Rainmaking Project and as training aircraft for the Royal Thai Air Force. The Deputy Prime Minister also viewed an aircraft exhibition and a demonstration flight of the CT-4 aircraft, as well as joined the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding between Thailand’s Top Flying Limited and New Zealand’s NZAero, with the Prime Ministers of Thailand and New Zealand serving as witnesses to the signing.