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It is good news for JetStar, Tiger and Scoot the new Singapore Airlines budget long Haul B777 servicing Swampy.

Not to mention Thai Smile Air operated by TG beginning operations in July 2012.

Destinations: Macau, Krabi, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Surat Thani.

They must have a field day with AA now out of the way.

I very much doubt the AOT planners have done their homework when designing Swamy.

Surely they never heard about Atlanta Hartsfield new airport, opened September 1980: one terminal building, concourses A,B,C and D linked to the terminal by automatic train, 3 parallel runways, good for 55 million passengers/year, ON TIME and ON BUDGET. (no missing toilets neither)

They missed out on the smallish International arrivals/departures area which appeared too small in the first year of operation due to unexpected international airlines deciding commencing direct flights to ATL. Unlike Swampy they corrected their mistake.

Sure it's better/easier to re-open an old airport, TIT isn't.

ATL has become a hub, BKK will miss that objective and stay a smallish regional airport at max 45 million passengers/year capacity

Wasn't phase 2 due to have been completed by now?

http://www.mombergerairport.info/userfiles/files/860DEV.pdf

10. July 2009

THAILAND

The long-awaited expansion of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport has been set in motion now

that Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) has agreed to proceed with the THB 78 billion project.

About THB 33 billion of the estimated project cost would come from loans from the Japan Bank for

International Co-operation (JBIC), which was a major lender for the phase-one project that cost THB 155 billion.

The majority state-owned and SET-listed airport operator’s Board endorsed the Phase 2

development and will soon seek final consent from the Transport Ministry and the Cabinet.

The expansion, which was supposed to have begun shortly after the airport opened in September 2006, would

increase the passenger handling capacity of Thailand’s gateway airport by 33%, to 60 million in the next six years from 45 million currently.

According to Kulya Pakakrong, AoT’s Senior Executive Vice-President, the expansion would deal with the

crowding problem at the airport which is now operating close to its capacity.

The expansion involves building a midfield terminal and a third runway. The industry has warned that Suvarnabhumi was

losing out to rival airports in South-east Asia, namely Singapore-Changi Airport and Kuala Lumpur

International Airport (KLIA), as the region’s preferred air hubs due to its restricted capacity and high

service fees.

“Suvarnabhumi’s traffic is on course with projections for 6.5% annual growth in the near

term, 5.5% in the medium term, and 4% long-term,” said Mrs Kulya.

But according to AoT figures, passenger traffic through Suvarnabhumi grew just 1.94% year-on-year in the first half of 2009 to 21.21

million.

AoT aims to call a tender for the airport expansion work and hopes to be able to start

construction by the end of 2009. Mrs Kulya said AoT had already contracted a consulting company to

conduct an environmental impact study for the expansion project. It will hold public hearings to explain

plans to mitigate noise pollution resulting from the increased air traffic. – AoT has acquired land in the

north-eastern corner of the airport premises to set up an international-standard Airport Business Centre

between 2009 and 2025. #860.3

Beside passenger inconveniences with a dual airport policy, what we all forget is the massive amount of freight and cargo transfer required between BKK and DMK.

Well done guys.

Now it's time to built a few nuclear power plants.

hear hear

Seems quite short sighted considering they've announced no transport infrastructure in place to connect people for transfers between the airports. As if Bangkok needs another million passengers on the road each year clogging up the roads doing a Suvarnabhumi -> Don Mueang transfer! They desperately need a rail link. Is such a thing even possible though?

Exactly! As long as there is no efficient transportation system between the 2 airports in place, this is a bad idea.

"Rajamangala will temporarily turn into a racing venue where 50,000 fans can watch cars reaching speeds between 200 and 300kph."

you might want to check that again

i'm in Onnut.

websites take ages to load.

unable to perform speedtest.net.

anyone else having the same slow speed?

I wunder if Red Leader Thaksin will jet in on his bright red US$50m private jet A6-BBD....... A6 is Adu Dhabi! Just google A6-BBD and see where he goes.....

Actually it's not Thaksin's own private jet as he so often claims.

The bird is owned by Empire Avaiation Group, a private jet charter company based in Dubai.

http://www.empire.aero/index.php

As many of the rich and famous you simply rent a jet by the hour or you buy a fractional ownership.

all my Thai friends have multiple FB accounts. At least 3 or 4. Some up to 10.

Cut that number by at least 50% and you are close to the truth

Certainly the government house canteen is heavily subsidized and the prices for meals and drinks don't reflect true market value

I wonder if all those lifts in the country are ever inspected or maintained on a scheduled basis?

Never saw a sign or certificate on display when the last safety check was done.

As I recall, initial fares were 15-40 baht and increased to 15-45 baht at some point in the last 5-6 years.

Small point, but actually the initial fare was 10 Baht minimum for 1 station (unless you were going between Ari and Saphan Khwai or Chong Nonsi and Surasak), and has recently gone up to 15 Baht. Maximum fare has always been 40 Baht (until now with this new extension charge).

Sorry to correct you, but the price for a single ticket Chong Nonsi - Surasak is already at 20 Baht.

IMHO not cheap for 1 stop.

Try Central Chitlom Denim Corner, 3rd floor, near the exit to the BTS station.

Large selection. Lee, DKNY, Wrangler, Levi's, Evisu, Guess, 7 for all mankind etc etc.

Be but prepared to shell out up to 20k some of the luxury brands.

Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport was ranked as the world’s 10th best airport for its outstanding service under the category of airports handling 30-50 million passengers annually.

So out of all airports it is still nowhere near the top twenty.

And rightly so.

The title of the thread should be changed as it is very misleading indeed.

And you would be right, it does not even get a mention in the top 20 as far as the best airports go.

The world's best airports have been named at the annual Skytrax World Airport Awards, with South Korea's Incheon Airport taking out the honour for the second time after its first win in 2009.

The top 20 airports are:

1. Incheon International Airport, Seoul

2. Singapore Changi Airport

3. Hong Kong International Airport

4. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

5. Beijing Capital International Airport

6. Munich Airport

7. Zurich Airport

8. Kuala Lumpur International Airport

9. Vancouver International Airport

10. Central Japan International Airport

11. London Heathrow Airport

12. Copenhagen Airport

13. Auckland International Airport

14. Tokyo International Airport Haneda

15. Frankfurt Main Airport

16. Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport

17. Narita International Airport

18. Abu Dhabi International Airport

19. Kansai International Airport

20. Sydney Airport

http://au.yahoo.com/s/396589

Suvarnabhumi finished 10th in the sub-category of airports handling 30-50 million passengers annually, a new sub-category created by Skytrax.

So next time Skytrax will create a new sub-category "Airports in Thailand handling over 40 Million pax" , Swampy will be No. 1 and everybody will be happy!

Nothing will happen whatsoever.

The guys with the hands in the cookie jar will see to that.

Remember the vendors at Siam Square last year?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/449193-bangkok-siam-square-vendors-fight-chulas-plant-pot-project/

same here. (BKK) . login-in ain't working

Thought the first one was doing BKK-HKG

I can only pray. The flights have been sold out many times. HKT-HKG is a nightmare. Phuket can't take an AB380 can it? It does take those ramshackle B747s though. Can you imagine an AB380 disgourging PAX at overcrowded HKT?

A 380 in Phuket? Nope....ain't gonna happen unless they rebuilt the entire airport.

Some examples of the works that airports need to carry out before the A380 can enter service

-Runway width of 60m (currently 37.50m in HKT)

-Separation distances between runways, taxiways and nearest obstacles must meet the international norms specified for A380 operations.

-Other modification works will include the widening of runway shoulders, runway-taxiway and taxiway-taxiway intersections on each side to allow the A380 aircraft to operate safely.

-The aircraft pavements at runway-taxiway and taxiway-taxiway intersections must be widened to allow pilots to manoeuvre the aircraft safely at the turns.

-As the A380 aircraft is wider and heavier than the Boeing 747-400 the airfield must be modified to the design requirements of the ICAO for Code F aircraft.

-Gate holdrooms must be modified to accommodate larger number of passengers.

-Baggage claim carousels serving A380 flights must be extended to accommodate more luggage.

-The airport needs to adapt their entire airside infrastructure. Upgrading runways and taxiways, relocating taxiways and even relocating aircraft stands and buildings to provide sufficient wingtip clearance, etc etc

Latin trans- + veststite, (“I clothe, I dress”) (as in English vestment, vest)

I'm just wondering how may computers in the Thai public institutions and offices contain pirated software.

Someone can make an educated guess?

The owner of my apartment building applied a new strategy.

As a result of the 300 Baht minimum wage hike he has canceled the contract with the security company.

They were asking 50% more and he could not shoulder the extra expenses.

No more security guards as of April 1st.

3 guys lost their job.

You are absolutely right. Exactly my observation ever since they came into service. These yellow China Made buses are incredibly noisy. Even the 30 odd year old non a/c red and blue buses do not reach that noise level.

Normally the check-in counters open 3 hours before departure