The Star Alliance member was plunged into crisis as global travel ground to a halt, triggering mass layoffs and forcing the airline to seek emergency government support.

Thai Airways entered court-supervised restructuring in 2020 to resolve debts of ฿400 billion (US$12.3 billion), and said it has since “posted steady revenue since 2023”.

The Central Bankruptcy Court yesterday approved the airline’s exit from the programme.

“Thai Airways has successfully rehabilitated its business through organisational restructuring, flight expansion and fleet improvement,” the airline said in a statement.

The carrier plans to resume trading on the Stock Exchange of Thailand by early August after being delisted in 2021 over financial and shareholder issues.

The finance ministry remains the airlines’ largest shareholder, with a stake of nearly 40%.

The Central Bankruptcy Court ordered Thai Airways to repay around ฿190 billion to creditors over the next decade, of which it has already paid back ฿94 billion.

The airline had long been accused of mismanagement, and a 2020 transport ministry probe linked part of its financial woes to corruption.

Thailand’s tourism sector continues to lag behind pre-pandemic levels, with the government targeting 37 million visitors in 2025.