Nok Air back to Don Mueang Airport

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.

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Nok Air, the truly Thai airline that flies smiles, is to serve its passengers to Nakhon Phanom operating out of Suvarnabhumi Airport during the period that Don Mueang Airport is closed due to the flood crisis. Nok Air will operate a daily flight …
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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.

Don Mueang Airport scheduled to reopen before end of January after deep flood forces its closure since October:  AoT

In addition, FO Anirut said additional measures against possible flooding in the future may be taken by applying measures used at Suvarnabhumi Airport to speed up restoring passenger confidence. Because Suvarnabhumi Airport has an efficient …
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A plan to restore Don Mueang Airport, mainly used for domestic flights, will start at the eastern runway where floodwaters are receding and is expected to be functional again within one or two months, according to Somchai Sawasdeepon, senior executive vice president of Airports of Thailand (AoT).

Meanwhile, Mr Somchai, who is also Acting General Manager of Suvarnabhumi Airport, said that with flood prevention measures out in place, he is confident Suvarnabhumi Airport–Bangkok's main international air travel hub–will not be flooded. …
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The construction of ‘Big Bags’ at Don Mueang Airport was expected to be completed on November 15 before draining of floodwater from the airport would begin.

Repair work would take around 60 days before the airport could reopen, said Airports of Thailand (AoT) chairman ACM Sumet Photimanee.

Solar Air, a domestic airline that was based at Don Mueang Airport,
until it closed due to floods, transferred its base to U-Tapao Airport
Thursday.

Three airlines vacated the flooded domestic airport in late October. They were: Nok Air, Orient Thai Airlines and Solar Air.

Nok Air stays longer at Suvarnabhumi. Nok Air will operate flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport through January 31, as Don Mueang Airport remains closed because of the flood crisis.
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