Chiang Mai airport sees 40 per cent drop in passenger numbers

By THE NATION

 

 

Passenger numbers at Chiang Mai International Airport are expected to plunge 40 per cent year on year to 3.5 million in the first six months of this year if the outbreak of Covid-19 drags on until the middle of the year, according to a senior airport official.

 

 

Chiang Mai airport deputy director Thananrat Prasertsri said late last week that flights to the airport during January 1 to February 25 dropped 24 per cent year on year to 190 flights and passenger numbers fell 40 per cent year on year to 22,000 daily.

 

Meanwhile, the airport is expanding service areas to improve its services.

 

In the last two years, the airport has catered to 11 million passengers against its capacity to serve 8 million per year.

 

Last year the airport served 220 daily flights carrying 11.34 million passengers in total.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30383083

 

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Extending he car parking perhaps?

Chiang Mai’s air quality worst in the world

To be expected when it becomes the filthiest place on Earth!

This is excellent news...might actually get a parking spot now...

can't even see the airport never mind fly into it

Getting rid of long term, frequent visitors to Thailand is taking its toll.   The army thinks no bad things happen and molesting the golden goose of tourism can be done at will.  They ruin the country when things are good and then wonder how things can get so bad.  

So 60% domestic flights?

5 hours ago, Thailand said:

Extending he car parking perhaps?

That has to be priority 1 in passengers minds.

1 hour ago, DLock said:

This is excellent news...might actually get a parking spot now...

agreed 100%

Meanwhile, the airport is expanding service areas to improve its services.

 

They NEVER tell you what the actual improvements are , and how they will improve services. Bit like the blind dear joke!

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Passenger numbers at Chiang Mai International Airport are expected to plunge 40 per cent year on year to 3.5 million in the first six months of this year if the outbreak of Covid-19 drags on until the middle of the year, according to a senior airport official.

The deadly air 'quality' has of course nothing to do with this. Blame a virus because local authorities can't handle the burning.

Was there last week to rebook a flight due to a virus cancelled flight...that parking has gotten worse!!

 

Is like a haunted corn maze and I was on my motobike...dropping many F bombs indeed..

conveniently blame it on the virus; try looking at the situation from the tourist's perspective...

On 3/1/2020 at 10:48 AM, Vacuum said:

The deadly air 'quality' has of course nothing to do with this. Blame a virus because local authorities can't handle the burning.

Yes for sure, though burning of the corn fields is a problem in many parts of Thailand, burning of the jungle is fairly restricted to the North. This is beyond the capacity of local authorities to control. I suggest that the army, lead by generals at the front, should tackle the problem. Long marches in the mountains would reduce waistlines and possibly even prolong life of the glorious leaders!