Airports, buses boost security after blasts

Government authorities are stepping up security measures following bomb blasts in the South last Saturday.

They hope such threats will not reach Bangkok, but are taking precautions for the coming Songkran festival nonetheless.

Subscribe to this blog's RSS feed

Security at all airports under the Airports of Thailand has been stepped up following the car bombings in Yala and Hat Yai city in Songkhla on Saturday, AoT president Anirut Thanomkulbutr said on Sunday.

The airline starts operating at Don Mueang Airport from March 6 onwards.

Nok Air announces its move back to Don Mueang Airport, and that it will start operating its flights out of there from 6 March 2012 onwards, after the reopening of Don Mueang Airport by Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) following the airport’s closure as result of the flood crisis in Bangkok in late 2011.

Flood-ravaged Don Mueang airport will reopen for full commercial operations in April 1, Airports of Thailand president Aniruth Thanomkulbutr said Monday.

Inspections confirmed the runway surfaces on the western and eastern sides of the airport are still strong. Water, electricity and other services have been repaired, he said.

The AOT chief said Orient Thai and Nok Air could return to their bases at Don Mueang on April 1, 2011. The two domestic airlines switched their operations to Suvarnabhumi airport because of this year’s great flood.

The Transport Ministry ordered the Airports of Thailand to revise the budget of 62 billion baht to fund the second phase of the Suvarnabhumi Airport development …
www.thailandoutlook.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1050357

The Transport Ministry ordered the Airports of Thailand to revise the budget of 62 billion baht to fund the second phase of the Suvarnabhumi Airport development, as Don Muang Airport requires restoration funds after the severe flooding.

The Air Force will use 14 water pumps to drain floodwater from the Don Mueang Airport and complete the task in two weeks, Defense Minister Spokesman Col Thanatip Sawangsaeng said Friday.

Thanatip said the draining of floodwater from the airport was under the responsibility of Airports of Thailand Plc and the Air Force would provide personnel and water pumps to help in the mission.

The water would be drained into Prem Prachakorn Canal and to the road.

Mr. Somchai Sawasdeepon, General Manager of Suvarnabhumi Airport, Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT), announced the conclusion of Suvarnabhumi Airport's 5th …
www.suvarnabhumiairport.com/detail_news_173_en.php

10 media tour of Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Airports of Thailand officials said that even though the country's international gateway is not threatened by water, they are taking the crisis seriously, undertaking several initiatives to prevent …
See all stories on this topic »

Senior executives of Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) say for this big an investment, a decision will have to be made about whether Don Mueang needs a full-blown, permanent flood prevention system such as the one installed at Suvarnabhumi, …
See all stories on this topic »