It has been the usual amusing exercise to watch the succession of delay announcements for the new airport opening. For those that are really interested in the "real" opening dates here are some indicators:
The Thai Air Crew have been told that they are not moving to the new airport for at least another 1.5 years.
The airport has not been certified by the relevant international bodies as safe for landing/use. This means that internatianl carriers landing here have no insurance. Until there is international certification then the airport will only be landing Thai flights.
Thailand's refusal to allow for independant interlational assessment of the site.
The above three are easy to cross check for those who are interested.
A little more difficult to check is all of the following series of events:
Barnharn
Sand used as the underlying runway base instead of the proper more stable materials (yes sand is cheaper)
A Delta tidal flow that extends to Ayhudaya
Satellite images showing sand sucked out from below the airport site
large gaps under the existing runway
Announcement that a dam wall is need to stop "flooding" (not the tidal factor)
refusal to allow runway checking
cracks appearing in and near the runway.
A Swiss company approached to stabalise the soil under the runway and to fix the holes, which they refused due to the diffculties in stabalising sand.
Bottom line, until someone admits the problem exists and it is fixed there will be no opening or Thai only flights.
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It has been the usual amusing exercise to watch the succession of delay announcements for the new airport opening. For those that are really interested in the "real" opening dates here are some indicators:
The Thai Air Crew have been told that they are not moving to the new airport for at least another 1.5 years.
The airport has not been certified by the relevant international bodies as safe for landing/use. This means that internatianl carriers landing here have no insurance. Until there is international certification then the airport will only be landing Thai flights.
Thailand's refusal to allow for independant interlational assessment of the site.
The above three are easy to cross check for those who are interested.
A little more difficult to check is all of the following series of events:
Barnharn
Sand used as the underlying runway base instead of the proper more stable materials (yes sand is cheaper)
A Delta tidal flow that extends to Ayhudaya
Satellite images showing sand sucked out from below the airport site
large gaps under the existing runway
Announcement that a dam wall is need to stop "flooding" (not the tidal factor)
refusal to allow runway checking
cracks appearing in and near the runway.
A Swiss company approached to stabalise the soil under the runway and to fix the holes, which they refused due to the diffculties in stabalising sand.
Bottom line, until someone admits the problem exists and it is fixed there will be no opening or Thai only flights.