Rayong’s aviation metropolis goal

 

   

RAYONG(NNT) - The Cabinet’s first mobile meeting since the COVID-19 outbreak is taking place in Rayong province in the eastern region, where the Prime Minister and members of the Cabinet are meeting with villagers to express their support.

 

During this mobile Cabinet trip, the ministers will be reaching out to villagers and listening to their issues in order to provide timely and targeted help, while at the same time promoting economic development in the area.

 

Situated by the Gulf of Thailand in the eastern region, Rayong province has long been a strategic province in the country’s economy. It is one of the three provinces hosting the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), with Chachoengsao and Chonburi being the others.

 

The EEC campaign aims to further upgrade the existing Eastern Seaboard economic region to attract investment in technologically advanced industries, such as the modern automotive industry, aviation and logistics, medical hub growth, robotics, digital industries, biofuel development, and biochemicals.

 

As part of the EEC plan, Rayong province is positioned to become a future Aviation Metropolis, with U-Tapao Pattaya International Airport to be developed into the third major international airport in addition to Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports serving the greater Bangkok area.

 

To achieve this optimistic goal, a project has been introduced to construct a high-speed railway connecting U-Tapao Pattaya airport with Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi, along with roads and sea port development.

 

These projects covering road, water, rail, and air transport will help strengthen Thailand as a regional logistics hub, and an important gateway to Asian economies.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2020-08-25

 

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If the picture above doesn't tell you that this project is for military enrichment, nothing will.   

 

There is a Thai aviation sector, but like most domestic, entrepreneurial ventures, it goes unnoticed by the Thai elite until it wins some sort of international award.  

2 hours ago, yellowboat said:

If the picture above doesn't tell you that this project is for military enrichment, nothing will.   

 

There is a Thai aviation sector, but like most domestic, entrepreneurial ventures, it goes unnoticed by the Thai elite until it wins some sort of international award.  

In all fairness Utapao is owned by the Navy so no surprises they are in the picture.

 

It's expansion is based on existing facilities, infrastructure and location. No point in starting again.

 

 

Centrally located and everything; heck, maybe can be a hub.

On 8/25/2020 at 3:21 AM, webfact said:

The EEC campaign aims to further upgrade the existing Eastern Seaboard economic region to attract investment in technologically advanced industries, such as the modern automotive industry, aviation and logistics, medical hub growth, robotics, digital industries, biofuel development, and biochemicals.

Oops, where is the educated labor coming from?

 

6 hours ago, Redline said:

Oops, where is the educated labor coming from?

 

No shortage of educated labour in Rayong province, the current manufacturing and petrochemical operations in the area are a testament to that!

Pre Covid, they had a fairly good chance of realising their ambitions for U Tapao, now, with the aviation industry in crisis and all airlines  down sizing and upgrading their existing fleets, Thailand has little to no chance of becoming an aviation hub.  I am sure that they know this.  Hard luck but such is life 

Edited August 26, 20205 yr by Pilotman

2 hours ago, LennyW said:

No shortage of educated labour in Rayong province, the current manufacturing and petrochemical operations in the area are a testament to that!

It seems the petrochemical operations would be mostly done by scientific machinery.

There has to be engineers and scientists, but I would not think large numbers?

14 minutes ago, Redline said:

It seems the petrochemical operations would be mostly done by scientific machinery.

There has to be engineers and scientists, but I would not think large numbers?

There are tens of thousands of talented engineers in the Petro Chem operations in Rayong, also in the car and engine manufacturing plants, the power generation plants, steel mills, tyre manufacturing plants, inspection services etc. etc. etc....

12 minutes ago, LennyW said:

There are tens of thousands of talented engineers in the Petro Chem operations in Rayong, also in the car and engine manufacturing plants, the power generation plants, steel mills, tyre manufacturing plants, inspection services etc. etc. etc....

I’m always reading that there are a lack of skilled graduates in Thailand-especially in math and science?

I do know an space scientist here, but she went to school in France.

I know some architects and auto engineers as well.