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    Busy? I'll Show You Busy, Says Thai Airport Boss

    in Suvarnabhumi Airport Forum

    Posted

    Wednesday September 27, 3:54 PM

    Busy? I'll show you busy, says Thai airport boss

    With the clock ticking down to the opening of Bangkok's $4 billion new airport, Chotisak Asapaviriya mopped his brow with a handkerchief before lighting a cigarette and ordering a large bottle of beer.

    As head of Airports of Thailand and the man ultimately responsible for the move from the tired arrival halls of Bangkok's Don Muang to Suvarnabhumi, set to be Asia's largest airport, he could be forgiven for wanting some down time.

    The move, which involves shifting 1.8 million pieces of equipment -- much of it the space of a few hours -- across the sprawling metropolis, is being billed as one of the largest logistical operations in aviation history.

    "Busy? I'll show you busy," he told Reuters at a recent business lunch before removing six mobile phones from his pockets and lining them up on the table.

    "This one is for my friends, this one for my staff, this one for my customers and this one for ministers. This one is the prime minister and this one my wife. If I don't answer the last one, that's when I get big trouble," he said.

    Following last week's military coup, he no longer has to worry about calls from Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, now a virtual refugee in London, or his cabinet ministers, who have all been fired by the generals now in charge.

    But the pressure from staff and customers -- the airlines which will be flying in to Don Muang on Wednesday evening and out of Suvarnabhumi on Thursday morning -- has been unrelenting.

    With just weeks to go until the commercial opening of the $4 billion airport that will handle 45 million passengers a year, negotiations with the airlines on new landing charges were fractious and testy, to the point that both sides resorted to a slanging match through the media.

    "He spent so long as part of the British Commonwealth, but he still can't spell the word gentleman," Chotisak said of Albert Tjoeng, the Singapore-based International Air Transport Association spokesman who argued for a delay of the opening.

    But after 40 years on the drawing board and five years under construction, not to mention a "soft opening" a year ago, delays were not an option for Thaksin, a no-nonsense, self-styled CEO leader who prided himself on getting things done.

    In July, he decreed the futuristic steel-and-glass structure built on "Cobra Swamp" east of the capital would open on September 28, exactly six years after it received its official name from revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

    Thaksin admitted Suvarnabhumi, which means "Golden Land" in Thai and touted as a rival to Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, could well run into some "inconveniences" in its early days.

    But after months spent studying major airport openings such as Hong Kong and Denver, and the problems both had with their baggage handling systems, Chotisak said he was confident everything would be alright on the night.

    If all else fails, 1,300 army cadets who have been charging round the giant terminal with armfuls of dummy luggage for the past few weeks would simply be called up to fill planes by hand, he said.

    "We have a fallback plan for everything."

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    Great Solution !! ;-)

    Source: reuters (just now)

    New Airport Internet Cafes To Charge 500 Baht/hour

    in Suvarnabhumi Airport Forum

    Posted

    Customers will be charged 500 baht an hour for internet access, with a minimum charge of 100 baht. International calling charges will follow normal TOT rates.

    --TNA 2006-09-26

    oh YEAH ... the poooooooor airline companys and the much more pooor AOT .. canot stand .. so the RICH tourists and travelers must hold the project before its crashes down and CAT cut the internet because of not able to pay .. LOL

    so ... be on the mission ... move to the airport and use the internet there ;-)

    or just use your mobile with EDGE ;-) its working fine at the airport and arround.

    Met 107 ?!?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Hey boys ....

    guess someone rememberes the legindare Radio-station in Thailand

    (bangkok 107MHz)

    there was some change (now called MET 107)

    i hear from (in my mind the best Radio-DJ in thailand) something sounds quite sad .. about "see again" and 2 days later everything changed ....

    where they all going ??

    Paypal And Thailand

    in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments

    Posted

    Just got a answer from Paypal .. that i should wait until the end of this week.

    with adding thai-local bankaccounts.

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    Return-Path: <[email protected]>

    Received: usa-entot-002.corp.ebay.com

    with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713)

    Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:52:54 -0500

    Subject: Re BankAccounts (Routing Code C764-L001-Q215-T2450-S111) QID81 From: <[email protected]>

    Reply-To: <[email protected]>

    X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807

    X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Sep 2006 20:57:28.0004 (UTC)

    I understand your concerns. And I can tell you that this has been a project

    and we are hoping for it to be available to all Thai users. I you are still

    unable to add your bank account or withdraw money to your bank account, I

    will advise you to try sometime by the end of next week.

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    Sms Problem?

    in IT and Computers

    Posted

    anyone else been experiencing SMS problems UK-Thailand?

    over the past 4 days or so I've been receiving SMS from Thailand

    Some Providers have huge delays .. anyway ..

    Systems getting changed to the +8 numbers

    the thaimobile must have added the message centre with a 8

    DTAC: +66816110400

    AIS: +66818310808

    and well you also should use the number with a additional 8

    +668-oldnumber (without 0 (of course)) ;-)

    Thai Ready For First Flight From Suvarnabhumi

    in Suvarnabhumi Airport Forum

    Posted

    Also this part:

    "We knew about the power glitch from 1am but could not fix it in time, because many officials were still working at Don Muang Airport. On September 28, when this new airport starts full service, it will be a different scenario, because we're going to have officials all round the facility," Somchai said.

    lets hope this "officials" are also "professionals".

    good move to use the word "official" ;-)

    Big Impact Expected From Tougher Visa Rules

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

    Posted

    This includes fellow westerners and all the other miserable back packers who slip in and out of Thailand claiming to make contributions, while people like myself make serious investments.

    Bye bye low lifes!

    home sweet home .... now the community begins to discriminate themselfs ;-)

    great work.

    tell me if you reached the bottom line (i mean realy bottom line)

    and your daddy's mobile is not reachable ...

    i will meet up then and have a big laugh about you

    and if i have some 20 baht over i will print your statement about "low lives" and give to you before you get in deportations jail !

    come one guys .... this is a community .. we should be together find a solution and not

    like EU or US village peoples ... talking crab !

    Toyota Automatic -> Manual Gear ?

    in Thailand Motor Discussion

    Posted

    trucker even ;-)

    and well .. automatic iss cool ... but boring,

    and the car + engine + gear combination is just Lame.

    if the engine have 200 horses is ok .. but such a small engine ...

    switching down takes forever ... manual switch-down (by button) is not realy trust in..

    in a critical situation can this random-delays cost lives ....

    same if just release the gas for .5 secounds ... the gear switch up already ...

    push gas again cost just gasoline by zero benefit.

    Visa Runners!

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

    Posted

    3. does it effect your job/business interests?

    of course !

    Like my understanding .. are foreigners are not able to open (by themselfs)

    legal a comapny in thailand.

    would you pay off 50% shares (where you can have max. 49%)

    and let a consultant employ 4 thais (at least) just to get a legal entry to the county

    to get the (maybe) work from the consultant company ?

    if you employ staff ..

    you need to establish policies and also need to know hows going on.

    as tourist is this not realy possible ... (legally)

    also the idea comming as tourist to thailand to "get a eye on your bussiness"

    is also not realy a issue, okay everyone will do, but in fact is this

    Illegal employment (correct me if iam wrong)

    iam personaly only hold in thailand by family ...

    business is dead .. until the hot-air is gone ... (and this can take a while)

    sounds to me like the toughts of some guy .. try to rule the world a generation ago.

    (who need the world ... thailand have a swamp airport and money to burn ;-))) )

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