Flights up/leave cancelled up as Thai immigration prepares big festive season welcome

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Flights up/leave cancelled up as Thai immigration prepares big festive season welcome

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

Naew Na reported that the Immigration Bureau were busy preparing for a huge influx of tourists at Bangkok's main airport yesterday.

 

During the busy run up to Christmas and New Year period flights are up and 160,000 people are expected at Suvarnabhumi airport alone. 

 

The media said that this year in the period from the 15th of December to the 31st there will be 14,530 flights. 

 

This compares to just 13,860 in the same period last year. 

 

However, Thaivisa notes that the media made no attempt to estimate if more flights actually meant more tourists.

 

In a positive report they quoted immigration spokesman Pol Col Cherngron Rimphadee as saying that the bureau were trying to strike a balance between making sure that criminal elements were kept out and aiding the convenience of the travelling public. 

 

The bureau have instigated a master plan to cope with the festive period encompassing five airports - Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang in Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Hat Yai - that runs from the 20th of this month until the 6th of January. 

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

The spokesman said that Maj Gen Weeraphon Charoensiri was acting in accordance with policies put into practice by the RTP chief Gen Chakthip Chaijinda and immigration commander Lt-gen Sompong Chingduang. 

 

He promised packed booths and leave would be cancelled for immigration officers at the airports that were the "Gateways to Thailand". 

 

Even so there may be some bottlenecks at peak periods and it might sometimes take an hour to get through immigration, he cautioned. 

 

Despite the big presence at the booths the travelling public has been told to arrive at Suvarnabhumi three hours before departure, check that passports have validity of 6 months and make sure they fill in immigration cards correctly. 

 

Doing this will help the bureau keep things moving fast, he said. 

 

Source: Naew Na

 

 

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[colinneil]

Just more fake news...... Leave cancelled, there should be no leave granted at such a busy time.

Not as if this has not happened every year before, so making a BIG statement ... Leave cancelled is BS.

[petermik]

8 hours ago, colinneil said:

Just more fake news...... Leave cancelled, there should be no leave granted at such a busy time.

Not as if this has not happened every year before, so making a BIG statement ... Leave cancelled is BS.

No not wrong col....cancel all leave and put them on duty in arrivals...makes the place look busy then....they aren,t daft here tha knows...........

[unamazedloso]

send em home! They are scaring off the tourists. You seen how tight some of the uniforms are? Frightening!!

[legend49]

3 hours ago, unamazedloso said:

send em home! They are scaring off the tourists. You seen how tight some of the uniforms are? Frightening!!

Porkus needs to walk around the airport more often.

[legend49]

However, Thaivisa notes that the media made no attempt to estimate if more flights actually meant more tourists.

 

It hits the nail on the head, many flights are transiting to other countries.

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

He promised packed booths and leave would be cancelled for immigration officers at the airports that were the "Gateways to Thailand".

Most airports revolve around services/outlets working a multi-shift system which means leave as such is not necessary, people work when they're required to cover a shift. Pay is adjusted to compensate working on a national holiday or leave is granted in lieu later in the quieter moments.

[Thechook]

So another huge increase in tourism.  Nothing on earth can effect numbers and if Prayuth and men didn't ban fake news I would've called rubbish.

[ChipButty]

We've created a "Master Plan" thats bound to fail

[RJRS1301]

Oh another message regrading arrivals, gee they cannot have one consistent narrative on this subject.

Does each officer have their own communications "expert" to issue a message different from their colleagues?

These people make themselves look like prats of the first order

 

[lamyai3]

Wonder if they're opening extra detention rooms for those arbitrarily denied entry in spite of holding valid visas? 

[overherebc]

15 days 14,500 flights means 960 flights a day or is that 480 landings and 480 take-offs?

Am I reading it the right way?

Over all airports I hope.

[Number 6]

On 12/19/2019 at 4:09 PM, legend49 said:

However, Thaivisa notes that the media made no attempt to estimate if more flights actually meant more tourists.

 

It hits the nail on the head, many flights are transiting to other countries.

International flights don't transit. The flight arrive, passengers disembark and board a flight with new #.

[overherebc]

18 minutes ago, Number 6 said:

International flights don't transit. The flight arrive, passengers disembark and board a flight with new #.

Finnair used to have flight Helsinki-Bkk-Sing'. Short stop BKK where 90% of pax ended their journey and the 10% went on to Sing' on the same plane.

I used it a lot as they sold cheap returns BKK/Sing' just to get bums on seats.

Now the system seems to be affiliated airlines for last short hops.

[observer90210]

Increase in passenger arrival numbers ? Ok Maybe....but at the end of the day, is there an increase of ca$H in the registers and the pockets of the local merchants ? One could highly doubt it with the ripOff prices in the malls, the soapys, the clubs in Thailand.....prices that are sometimes similar, if not more, then in Europe !!!!!!...yesSir.....

[Moo 2]

When are they going to stop copying the Chinese, they master the art of propaganda, no one can beat them.

In many countries lying is a criminal offence.

[White Christmas13]

13 minutes ago, Moo 2 said:

When are they going to stop copying the Chinese, they master the art of propaganda, no one can beat them.

In many countries lying is a criminal offence.

Don't tell that Donald