Yingluck reaffirms plan to boost capacity at city’s airports

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has reaffirmed the government’s intention to expand Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports to cope with growing tourism.

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U-tapao military airport in Rayong should be upgraded to a commercial airport to reduce congestion at Suvarnabhumi, says the Strategic Committee for Reconstruction and Future Development.

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) will rearrange a bus route to service passengers between Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi airports.

The worst of the recent troubles that hit Suvarnabhumi airport seems to have passed, but fundamental problems of congestion and flight delays persist.

The long delayed plan to build a third runway at Suvarnabhumi airport, code-named BKK, has been greenlit as authorities now see the urgency of addressing the airport’s overcrowding.

Flight delays at Suvarnabhumi airport caused by runway repair could end one week sooner than expected as authorities are accelerating work.

Airports of Thailand kick started its second development phase at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Wednesday, signing a project management contract identifying a construction start-up date in 2015 with the project due for completion in 2017.

Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) will curtail incremental scheduled and charter flights during the shutdown of one of the two runways at Suvarnabhumi airport for maintenance next month.

Suvarnabhumi Airport has been voted by over 12 million passengers worldwide as the world’s 10th best airport in a recent survey conducted by a world’s leading airport and airline review website.

The automatic passport screening system at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport went into operation yesterday without a snag, much to the rejoice of passengers for the speed and convenience it provides.