Phuket airport on track to serve 18mn pax per year

[snoop1130]

Phuket airport on track to serve 18mn pax per year

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- The B5.14-billion upgrades to Phuket International Airport are on track for completion by June this year, bringing the airport’s capacity to 18 million passengers per year.

 

The upgrades, once complete will enable the airport to serve 65,000 passengers each day, Airport Director Petch Chancharoen explained last week.

 

“Phuket International Airport development project used a budget of B 5,146.7 million. The construction was set to be complete by June 2018 to open a total area of 46,000 square meters,” Mr Petch said.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-airport-on-track-to-serve-18mn-pax-per-year-65937.php#cwiaE6diPB84W7RB.97

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2018-2-12

[Guest]

65.000 passengers equals 2.000 busses each day. That's a lot of traffic. 

 

[sebastion]

More tourists = more poop for the beaches.


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[Lingba]

Good..I hope they are ready to enjoy all the new species of fish at the beaches...they are called "feces"

[impulse]

Meanwhile, the area is prepared to serve less than half that number without serious damage to the resource.

 

Edited February 12, 2018 by impulse

[Ulic]

Yes, but did they fix the leaky roof.  

[eddie61]

15 hours ago, Lingba said:

Good..I hope they are ready to enjoy all the new species of fish at the beaches...they are called "feces"

I saw a pattaya brown trout on sunday

[chub]

Some well-informed advice from a major local travel agent's website on the practices of the airport limousine operators.

 

"PLEASE FOLLOW THE ADVISE BELOW

Always book your Hotel and airport transfer in advance, even if only for one night. It is much easier to shop for a deal once you have escaped the Airport Taxi Touts, because no Hotel will be able to offer you any special deal when you arrive in an airport taxi. Also, drivers employed by Hotels are generally more friendly and helpful.

If you don't have time to book in advance, simply order the taxi to go directly to the hotel of your choice and tell him you already have a booking. But this will sometimes create a problem for the hotel because if you dont have any documentation of your booking, the taxi driver will insist the hotel pay a commission anyway. They are very pushy and often times will volunteer to help carry your bags to reception so they can see if you produce documentation of a booking at check in.

Never discuss your travel details with Airport Taxi drivers , treat them exactly as what they are, a service which employs low class people to perform the job of bringing you from point A to point B. Never give a taxi driver any respect, they see that as a sign that you are weak and can be taken advantage of. It is important to remember, they demand a commission on every night you stay not just the first night. They even come back and check with reception to see if you checked out or stayed longer.

Please keep a note of the taxis ID number in case you want to report any strange behavior and in case the driver asks the hotel to pay a commission after you check in, you can give that information to the Hotel. Use the metered taxis if possible. Help them to get their business going, but please follow the same guidelines above as they also would like to get a piece of the hotel action."