Thai Airways bans shark fin from cargo flights
Thai Airways has banned shark fin from its cargo flights.Cargo flights are flights that take goods only and not passengers. Shark Fin is a popular delicacy in Asia, but one that is considered cruel to the sharks and damaging for the environment.
Thai Airways joins a host of other airlines in taking a stand against shark fin, highly prized by many in the region, especially in Hong Kong and China where it is commonly served as a soup at wedding banquets and corporate parties.
Conservationists say booming demand for fins has put pressure on the world's shark populations, prompting calls for measures to restrict their trade.
The move brings Thai Airways into line with a number of other Asian airlines including Philippine Airlines, which said in April it had stopped flying shark fin cargoes.
Air New Zealand as well as South Korea's two largest airlines, Korean Air and Asiana, separately announced last year that they would ban shark fins from their cargo flights, a year after Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific also stopped shipping them.
