Mr. Chula Sukmanop, Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (Head of Thai Delegation) and Mr. Bahri Kesici, acting Director General, Directorate General of Civil Aviation of the Republic of Turkey, met on 5 September 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand to discuss the possibility of further developing the air services relation between the two countries. The two delegations reached a new Air Services Agreement which will replace the existing Air Services Agreement signed in 1987. They also improved capacity and traffic rights to better reflect current market realities; thereby, facilitate airlines, increase investment, enhancing economic growth and connectivity as well as enhance people-to-people ties between the two countries.