AOT addressing shortage of luggage carts at Don Mueang Airport

[webfact]

AOT addressing shortage of luggage carts at Don Mueang Airport

 

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BANGKOK, 5th December 2018 (NNT) - Don Mueang International Airport is to acquire more luggage carts as the number of passengers increases every year. 

Airports of Thailand PCL (AOT), the operator of major airports in Thailand, said currently Don Mueang Airport has 2,900 carts of varying sizes – 600 small, 2,285 medium, and 15 large carts. The dramatic increase in the number of passengers from 28 million a year in 2015 to 40 million a year in 2018 led to the present shortage of carts, especially between 5 pm and 9 pm during which period more than 160 flights carrying over 18,000 passengers land at the airport. 

The AOT is therefore moving up the delivery date of the new batch of medium-sized carts from February next year to December 25th this year, which will bring the total number of carts available at Don Mueang Airport to 5,400. The airport will also add 10 more members of staff to oversee cart distribution, starting this December 15th. 

Another 2,500 carts will be procured by 2020, which will cost around 60-70 million baht.

 

-- nnt 2018-12-05

[shady86]

Shortage of taxis and long queues for taxis? That's a serious problem.

[klauskunkel]

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AOT addressing shortage of luggage carts at Don Mueang Airport

Complimenting AOT on its outstanding initiative. It goes without saying that this much forward thinking and proactivity is unprecedented and sets a positive example for society as a whole which should not go unrecognized.

Edited December 5, 2018 by klauskunkel

[TerryLH]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Another 2,500 carts will be procured by 2020, which will cost around 60-70 million baht.

24000+ each?