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Ranong: 800 million baht airport upgrade as part of SEC plans - two million passengers/year possible

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Ranong: 800 million baht airport upgrade as part of SEC plans - two million passengers/year possible

 

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Thai media 77kaoded reported that the Thai Ministry of Transport is spending 800 million baht to upgrade facilities at Ranong Airport in the south of Thailand. 

 

Most of the money will be spent on improvements to the runway and terminal creating another international airport. 

 

It is part of the government's scheme known as the SEC - southern economic corridor - that plans to link the Andaman Sea with the Gulf of Thailand with a number of huge infrastructure projects. 

 

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Improvements at the airport will make it possible for planes such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 (180 to 220 seats) to land at the airport.

 

Yesterday senior officials from the transport ministry met with airport officials in Ranong.

 

When the work is finished the media reported that the airport will be able to handle 700 passengers a day and 2 million per year. 

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

 

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7 minutes ago, webfact said:

When the work is finished the media reported that the airport will be able to handle 700 passengers a day and 2 million per year. 

might be missing a zero somewhere ? 

Airbus A320's currently land in Ranong every day (Air Asia and Nok). If it's a gateway to the Andaman that they want, then the roads will need to be upgraded, and even more critically, the port(s). It's a chaotic jumbled mess of fishing, speed, and longtail boats.

Putting aside the inaccuracies, this poorly written article just highlights the lack of comprehensive project management and planning in the region.

There seems to be a fascination lately with upgrading airports for non existent tourist flights.

Money would be far better spent if went to roads, sidewalks, etc as Katipo said. Would likely lead to more local employment all around

I suppose easier to skim an airport project than road improvement, but I'm guessing

This airport is in the middle of nowhere, relatively close to an highly unimportant town, which has nothing to offer. Who the hell will fly there ?

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Improvements at the airport will make it possible for planes such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 (180 to 220 seats) to land at the airport.

Only if fully booked, which at the moment is very unlikely

2 hours ago, Deli said:

This airport is in the middle of nowhere, relatively close to an highly unimportant town, which has nothing to offer. Who the hell will fly there ?

1. To do a border run to Myanmar.

2. To visit national parks and hot springs.

3. Locals/expats will have an option of traveling other than by road, since there's no railway there.

7 hours ago, rumak said:

might be missing a zero somewhere ? 

I did a quick calculation and 700 per day x 365 days per year came to 255,500.

 

Alternatively 2,000,000 divided by 365 comes to 5,480 passengers per day.

 

 

13 hours ago, billd766 said:

I did a quick calculation and 700 per day x 365 days per year came to 255,500.

 

Alternatively 2,000,000 divided by 365 comes to 5,480 passengers per day.

 

 

Thai's don't do maths very well

 

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