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Course Correction: Which Way Will Bangkok’s Future Flow?

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

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A woman on Sunday poses for a picture with sand pagodas at Lhong 1919

 

BANGKOK — Despite blazing heat, crowds poured onto a centuries-old Chinese trading pier to admire sand pagodas and pay respect to their elders with a splash of scented water before continuing on to enjoy its vintage, riverside Sino-Thai architecture.

 

The revival of Lhong 1919 and other old communities along the Chao Phraya River has brought new life – and revenue – to its dilapidated banks, as will commercial megaprojects such as the Iconsiam, which opens in October. Then there’s the government which, until a few days ago, was pushing hard for seven kilometers of concrete boardwalks.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/life/2018/04/16/course-correction-which-way-will-bangkoks-future-flow/

 
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“I think it’d be great if there’s a riverside walkway. However, for any development, we should consider preservation as well,” 

 

It seems Bangkok is becoming less Thai and is just focused on charging more money for doing some remodeling.  TAT hates hearing Bangkok is a cheap destination.  Prices have gone up and services and fun have gone down.  It does not feel Thai anymore at all. 

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39 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

It seems Bangkok is becoming less Thai and is just focused on charging more money for doing some remodeling.  TAT hates hearing Bangkok is a cheap destination.  Prices have gone up and services and fun have gone down. 

Also, to compound the problems that Thailand is suffering from, check out the latest airport figures which were published only a few days ago.  Try to find Thailand.  Against all odds, Suvarnabhumi is not mentioned.  Just as a matter of comparison, Charing Cross railway station, in London, handled 43 million passengers last year.

The world's busiest airports in 2017:

 

1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - Georgia - 104 million passengers

2. Beijing Capital International Airport - China - 96 million

3. Dubai International Airport - United Arab Emirates - 88 million

4. Tokyo Haneda International Airport - Japan - 85 million

5. Los Angeles International Airport - California - 84.6 million

6. Chicago's O'Hare International Airport - Illinois - 80 million

7. London Heathrow Airport - United Kingdom - 78 million

8. Hong Kong International Airport - China - 73 million

9. Shanghai Pudong International Airport - China - 70 million

10. Paris-Charles de Gaulle - France - 69 million

11. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol - Netherlands - 68.5 million

12. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport - Texas - 67 million

13. Guangzhou Bai Yun International Airport - China - 66 million

14. Frankfurt Am Main Airport - Germany - 64.5 million

15. Atatürk International Airport - Turkey - 64 million

16. Indira Gandhi International Airport - India - 63.5 million

17. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport - Indonesia - 63 million

18. Singapore Changi Airport - Singapore - 62.22 million

19. Incheon International Airport - South Korea - 62.16 million

20. Denver International Airport - Colorado - 61 million

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6 hours ago, wotsdermatter said:

Also, to compound the problems that Thailand is suffering from, check out the latest airport figures which were published only a few days ago.  Try to find Thailand.  Against all odds, Suvarnabhumi is not mentioned.  Just as a matter of comparison, Charing Cross railway station, in London, handled 43 million passengers last year.

The world's busiest airports in 2017:

 

1. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - Georgia - 104 million passengers

2. Beijing Capital International Airport - China - 96 million

3. Dubai International Airport - United Arab Emirates - 88 million

4. Tokyo Haneda International Airport - Japan - 85 million

5. Los Angeles International Airport - California - 84.6 million

6. Chicago's O'Hare International Airport - Illinois - 80 million

7. London Heathrow Airport - United Kingdom - 78 million

8. Hong Kong International Airport - China - 73 million

9. Shanghai Pudong International Airport - China - 70 million

10. Paris-Charles de Gaulle - France - 69 million

11. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol - Netherlands - 68.5 million

12. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport - Texas - 67 million

13. Guangzhou Bai Yun International Airport - China - 66 million

14. Frankfurt Am Main Airport - Germany - 64.5 million

15. Atatürk International Airport - Turkey - 64 million

16. Indira Gandhi International Airport - India - 63.5 million

17. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport - Indonesia - 63 million

18. Singapore Changi Airport - Singapore - 62.22 million

19. Incheon International Airport - South Korea - 62.16 million

20. Denver International Airport - Colorado - 61 million

 

Which is probably a good thing......capacity of BKK is only 45 million a year.

 

2008:  38,603,490 mil.

2013:  51,363,451 mil

2017:  60,860,704 mil

 

Suvarnabhumi Airport - Wikipedia

 

 

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2 hours ago, yellowboat said:

How does anyone lose to Denver ?

 

By not having the massive domestic market that exists in the US?

 

And not being the hub airport for one of the largest carriers in that market.......United.

 

And not being a "focus" airport for one of the other largest......Southwest.

 

"United, Frontier and commuter airline Great Lakes Airlines use Denver as a main hub, increasing the chances that you could have a layover in the Mile High City. Southwest calls Denver International Airport a focus airport, meaning it has a number of nonstops from there."

 

The size of the domestic market in the US (and some other countries on the list) hugely skews the "relationships" on it.

 

(See "Hard Landing", by Thomas Petzinger Jr, for an excellent read on the airline travel revolution in the US)

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

 

 

And not being (edit: one of) the hub airport(s) for one of the largest carriers in that market.......United.

 

 

 

 

 

PS  United is the worlds 3rd largest airline by revenue and has nine hubs in the US.

 

Denver is the 4th largest of them.

 

Chicago O'Hare (6 on the list of busiest airports) is their largest.

 

United Airlines - Wikipedia

 

 

 

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