Jai Dee Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Tax increased in both of domestic and international flights Airport of Thailand (AOT) has announced to raise the airport tax of both domestic and international flights. The announcement is effective today. Mr. Chotisak Asupwiriya (โชติศักดิ์ อาสภวิริยะ), the President of the Airport of Thailand company, informed that the tax for domestic flights will be raised from 50 baht to 100 baht per each flight, while the tax of the international flight will increase from 500 baht to 700 baht per flight. He said that the increase in fares will create more revenues to the airport by 20 percent or approximately 1,300 million baht per year. In addition, Mr. Chotisak said that the airport will increase landing tax fee by 15 percent, starting from April 1st. He said that the measures will give generate an additional 450 million baht of the revenue to the airport, adding that the partial revenue will be spent to renovate some areas of Suvarnabhumi Airport. Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 01 February 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogleg Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 100 per cent on domestic and 40 per cent on international = 20 per cent rise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibeymai Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 ".........the partial revenue will be spent to renovate some areas of Suvarnabhumi Airport.: And what areas might they be I wonder ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buriramboy Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 they will struggle to increase revenues if less people are going to come here, but on the positive side apparantly the new tax is included in the ticket price so no need to pay the 700 baht at the airport (or so i've been told) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiromj Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Tax increased in both of domestic and international flightsHe said that the increase in fares will create more revenues to the airport by 20 percent or approximately 1,300 million baht per year. He said that the measures will give generate an additional 450 million baht of the revenue to the airport, adding that the partial revenue will be spent to renovate some areas of Suvarnabhumi Airport. Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 01 February 2007 And what will they do with the rest of the revenue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquess Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Tax increased in both of domestic and international flightsAirport of Thailand (AOT) has announced to raise the airport tax of both domestic and international flights. The announcement is effective today. Mr. Chotisak Asupwiriya (โชติศักดิ์ อาสภวิริยะ), the President of the Airport of Thailand company, informed that the tax for domestic flights will be raised from 50 baht to 100 baht per each flight, while the tax of the international flight will increase from 500 baht to 700 baht per flight. He said that the increase in fares will create more revenues to the airport by 20 percent or approximately 1,300 million baht per year. In addition, Mr. Chotisak said that the airport will increase landing tax fee by 15 percent, starting from April 1st. He said that the measures will give generate an additional 450 million baht of the revenue to the airport, adding that the partial revenue will be spent to renovate some areas of Suvarnabhumi Airport. Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 01 February 2007 So in other words screw the customer to pay for their mistakes!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibeymai Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Build critical airport infrastructure which is missing from the new site......... What time do we tee off ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildog683 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 That is ridiculous, travel taxes are getting out of hand all over. We flew back to the US from Okinawa for the holidays and it was $700 for each ticket BUT $350 tax each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esprit Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Could be worse they could have copied the UK where it doubled as from today. even with all the problems assciated with Suvarnabhumi Airport LHR T4 is still bit of a cattle market with up to 1 hour queues at immigration. That's aon a good day when all the X-Ray machines are manned/working properly. These are the new "value for money" air travel taxes for flights booked out of the UK airports. Economy class flights in Europe, including internal UK flights: £10 Business and first class flights in Europe: £20 Economy class long-haul flights: £40 Business and first class long-haul flights: £80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryp Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Landing Fee's Going Up At The Hub???? April Fool's Day............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Not to many places in the world will you find the words ‘new’ and ‘repair’ talking about the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man River Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 At least foreigners and Thais are being charged the same amount. No "special" farang pricing at the airport(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanook1 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 100 per cent on domestic and 40 per cent on international = 20 per cent rise? no smart ass they have other incomes also like landing fees durrrr:P lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptuan Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 At least foreigners and Thais are being charged the same amount. No "special" farang pricing at the airport(s). Shhhhhhhhhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritTim Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Aljazeera has a pretty interesting report on the airport woes, including a story about Sermsuk Kasitipradit, the Bangkok Post reporter who broke the news about the cracks two years ago and was sacked under pressure from Mr Thaksin for his temerity. See http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/06B...3F9742DD368.htm Of course, facing up to the problem over 18 months before the airport opened might have made it easier to deal with, but that would not be very Thai! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermute Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Aljazeera has a pretty interesting report on the airport woes, including a story about Sermsuk Kasitipradit, the Bangkok Post reporter who broke the news about the cracks two years ago and was sacked under pressure from Mr Thaksin for his temerity.See http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/06B...3F9742DD368.htm Of course, facing up to the problem over 18 months before the airport opened might have made it easier to deal with, but that would not be very Thai! Of course. Save face at all costs even if it means billion dollar disasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Pay for redoing the runways most likely!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 These increases in taxes were on the cards as far back as 2003. The timing is unfortunate, but these decisions were made in 2004, if not before. The tax was supposed to pay for the new airport, and not, as some people seem to think, for the costs of the repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaigene2 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 In addition, Mr. Chotisak said that the airport will increase landing tax fee by 15 percent, starting from April 1st. He said that the measures will give generate an additional 450 million baht of the revenue to the airport, adding that the partial revenue will be spent to renovate some areas of Suvarnabhumi Airport. Jai Dee you rock.. Assume they'll be 'renovating' the runways? Will the same families with long names get to do another dirty? Of course - ye of little faith. TIT. BTW - was thru there a couple of times in the last week. One wing of gates completely shut down. Everyone funneled thru another wing and harried security taking 30 minutes to scan thousands of people - queues literally hundreds long at the security check. Felt sorry for the Thai security people. Unrelatedly, but foreboding was the Thai (TG) check-in for Asian flights - took an hour to queue. (H and J??) Go early is my best recommendation - TG2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriracha john Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 (edited) Tax increased in both of domestic and international flightsAirport of Thailand (AOT) has announced to raise the airport tax of both domestic and international flights. The announcement is effective today. Mr. Chotisak Asupwiriya, the President of the Airport of Thailand company, informed that the tax for domestic flights will be raised from 50 baht to 100 baht per each flight, while the tax of the international flight will increase from 500 baht to 700 baht per flight. Interesting that the day he makes the announcement, he also resigns from his position: Axe falls on AoT, Suvarnabhumi Airport bosses Additionally, the airlines don't seem to agree with all of this: AIRPORTS PASSENGER SERVICE CHARGE Fee hike unjustified, say airlines A hefty increase in passenger service charges at airports run by the Airports of Thailand (AoT) went into effect quietly yesterday, as airlines questioned the justification for the move. The charge for international departure flights increased by 40% from 500 baht to 700 baht, and doubled for domestic flights, from 50 baht to 100 baht. Airlines said the steep rises are unjustified when passengers are still putting up with poor service and facilities at the troubled Suvarnabhumi airport. Most of the problems which have annoyed many passengers passing through Bangkok's new airport since its opening on Sept 28, ranging from long waits for luggage to insufficient toilet facilities, poor air-conditioning and general uncleanliness, have not been tackled, they said. Continued here: http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/02Feb2007_news12.php Interesting to note the profits of the AoT... In the last fiscal year, BEFORE the hike, AoT posted a 41% jump in net profit to 10.4 BILLION baht. Edited February 2, 2007 by sriracha john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john b good Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Tax increased in both of domestic and international flightsHe said that the increase in fares will create more revenues to the airport by 20 percent or approximately 1,300 million baht per year. He said that the measures will give generate an additional 450 million baht of the revenue to the airport, adding that the partial revenue will be spent to renovate some areas of Suvarnabhumi Airport. Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 01 February 2007 And what will they do with the rest of the revenue? What "rest of the revenue"? The cost of resolving Suvarnabhumi's problems is gonna be lots more than 1.3 billion baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpcoe Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 These increases in taxes were on the cards as far back as 2003. The timing is unfortunate, but these decisions were made in 2004, if not before. The tax was supposed to pay for the new airport, and not, as some people seem to think, for the costs of the repair. IIRC, werent the tax increases originally supposed to be applied upon opening of the new airport, but were delayed for some reason until now? What was the reason for the delay in the increase, and how did they choose Feb 1st? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 These increases in taxes were on the cards as far back as 2003. The timing is unfortunate, but these decisions were made in 2004, if not before. The tax was supposed to pay for the new airport, and not, as some people seem to think, for the costs of the repair. IIRC, werent the tax increases originally supposed to be applied upon opening of the new airport, but were delayed for some reason until now? What was the reason for the delay in the increase, and how did they choose Feb 1st? No idea, but the fact that it co-incides more or less with the automatic payment of airport tax with the ticket may have had something to do with it. The airport tax as I recall is split 50/50 between AOT (definetly) and Ministry of Transport (I think). There was a shitfight for years between to two on how it was collected but now that squabble seems to be over now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriracha john Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Tax tax taxes taxestax taxtax tax It's NOT A TAX, people... It's the Airport Passenger Service Charge thank you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmart Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 So in other words screw the customer to pay for their mistakes!? Thats about it. Doing business here is seldom cheap due to corruption, inept workmanship, and the lackadaisical, bovine attitude towards it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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