damascase

Well, just ‘Don’t Let The Old Man In’..........

Thanks for the update. As far as KLM is concerned, there is an alternative website for current flights out of BKK to AMS:

https://www.klm.com/home/th/th

7 hours ago, Postmaster said:

The Colonel.  Good and timely topic.  Like you my position is the same.  If there is no emergency at home in the UK with the kids (grown ups now) better sit it out here in Thailand. Whether my June month return ticket to the UK with the Luftwaffe will be any good I have no idea at this stage.

More or less the same here. I arrived in the first week of February and have a return ticket to Europe for the end of June. My Embassy keeps sending messages urging me to go home. Must admit that I’ve given it a lot of thought, and I even lost some sleep worrying. To be physically closer to my son and his family would be the only reason, but under lockdown and/or isolation of older people I most probably wouldn’t be able to see them anyway. I do have comfortable and - if I wish so - permanent accommodation here, I can still go out on my long distance cycling trips so I’m keeping fit.

So I have decided to sit it out here till the end of June at least. My original planning was to return here late October to spend the whole of the European winter in TH, I do hope that that will be possible.

8 hours ago, madmen said:

Nation wide for sure.

Not very much ‘for sure’ here in TH. We’ve seen several local bans before.

Chiang Mai Province only or nationwide? 

On 4/6/2020 at 9:01 PM, DPKANKAN said:

Not just in Chiang Mai. In all the years I have lived here in Kanchanaburi it has never been a problem. This year last 4 months have been in the high 100's to early 200's. More worried about dying from that than Covid 19!!????????????????????????????????

Anything under 200 is considered a ‘good’ day, in Chiang Rai.........????

Would there be a Thai language version available? Would like some Thai friends to read this too.

19 hours ago, steven100 said:

what's an oassenger  ?

Just in case you are still wondering:  replace the ‘o’ with a ’p’ and see what you get......????. And your ‘an’ should be ‘a’......????.

3 hours ago, stuhan said:

I've just tracked 2 planes 1 from taipei to bkk and 1 from ubon to dmk so are they going to be allowed to land,if not now would be a good time to tell them.

It’s about international passenger-carrying flights only. From Taipei, EVA flies empty to BKK and picks up passengers for, e.g., London.

1 hour ago, ravip said:

More than a dozen ships are believed to be off Australia's coast, carrying around 15,000 crew and some experiencing outbreaks of coronavirus.

15.000 crew? What about oassengers?

2 hours ago, RubbaJohnny said:

May I add as a former frequent flyer and employee of an airline.

 

Passengers often swop places , with or without consent of crew.

 

On full planes to be closer to friends etc or avoid undesireable flyers due to many innocent factors e.g. baby, sleepers, attire etc.I recall a guy whose 4ft dreadlocks covered teh tray of a client behind in cattle class.

 

On unfilled or almost empty flights folks often like to stretch out on an empty row or prefer a window/exit seat etc.

 

As only foreigners would be invited b PM or dimplomats cannot imagine they were not at the pointy end in business or First class.

 

If Thai passport holders they will have an ID address linked to the ticket and passport.

 

IMHo the announcement seems to imply London tainted.

Meanwhile back in the real world Thais are mingling and flights are coming in from many places

 

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/bkk/arrivals

 

NB 

In addition to numbers an interesting stat is number of cases and or deaths per million

Using this metric

Top of the league here.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

 

Country,

1M popDeaths/
1M pop

top micro state San marino within Italy

Italy

Spain

Andorra

Belgium

France

Netherland

Switzerland

 

Deaths per million in Netherlands =78 , China =2 

 

Yet a plane is arriving from Amsterdam today.

 

 

 

That plane is most probably empty as basically nobody is allowed to enter, and only picking up return passengers.......... 

Royal Enfield is getting a dealership in Chiang Rai too, right next door to Triumph Chiang Rai. Looks like same ownership. Opening soon, but the bikes have already arrived and are being displayed in front of the Triumph showroom:

53 minutes ago, webfact said:

14 were working in crowded areas or close to foreigners, and one medical staff.

Yeah, those dirty foreigners again. No opportunities missed to point at them!

Laws are not being adhered to, here in TH, so why follow recommendations????? 
Anyway, I’m well over 70, do enjoy long MTB rides 3 - 4 mornings a week and am not going to give this up!

55 minutes ago, Yorkshire Tea said:

Maintaining some kind of normal life is important.  I need my daily mountain bike ride AND my daily beers ????

I could do without the beer, but I wouldn’t want to miss my bicycle rides!

2 hours ago, dayward1 said:

That's insane. Is it an e-mailed letter, or in person?

By mail only.

4 hours ago, spiekerjozef said:

Some embassies charge 30 euro for the letter.

50 euro right now for a letter from the Dutch Embassy. Some Embassies refuse to issue those letters and that is even worse......

Aqi only 212, is that news? Right now in CR 290, and we’ve been up in the 400’s many times. If you want your lungs properly tarred, do come up north!

1 hour ago, KhunBENQ said:

Aeroflot would bring you for about 33k tomorrow.

And it's not on an Ilyushin.

(don't ask whether there is any consideration about transit in Moscow)

 

Qatar is desperate for business and one of the last with a big international network.

Who could believe that Emirates has given up!!

Re. your Aeroflot suggestion: No more international flights into and out of Russia, from midnight today, Moscow time.

1 hour ago, Kalorymetr said:

Dude, this is probably first class

No first class on these flights, only Economy and Business.