sandyf Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 5 hours ago, Gottfrid said: Yes! Eureka! We are up in 10 % of before, and can´t even handle that. Airports have no control over airline timing. On my way back last October I came through Dubai. Three x 380 aircraft discharged the self loading freight at exactly the same time, absolute chaos. I wonder to this day how I never caught covid in the crush. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Warrior Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 cant see many chineeze or Russians ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedomnow Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Have they upgrades their air exchange system since start of pandemic..is it adequate for those numbers ? On the one hand it was almost universal mask wearing in shared indoors spaces - but not much data on covid mitigation indoors with increased air exchange etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBaker Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 and now they complain about what??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 6 hours ago, webfact said: When the crowding happened 1,500 to 2,000 passengers had arrived in a single hour. International and/or Domestic?? Please note, many Domestic travelers will be using BKK as Songkran approaches - Thai Smile and Thai Vietjet use BKK on their domestic routes rather than DMK! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ71 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 39 minutes ago, San Fran Dan said: 1 night if you arrive after 1800 maybe 2 night or 36 hours I normally arrive hotel 2100 and have always been out before 0800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 3 hours ago, ikke1959 said: Happily not the 300 THB entry fee yet... Probably also 2 places where you can pay it and get an old fashioned printed receipt. It doesn't work like that. But you probably know that anyway but just wanted to make a negative comment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I'm surprised that someone official hasn't said yet that it's the passengers fault for coming. It certainly can't be the fault of the Thais. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will B Good Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 55,000 a day in 2018......I hope someone is looking at how to ratchet things up as covid fades into the background!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogfish180 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I call bs ????????. I arrived at midday today, a bunch of hotel staff hanging about, looking for non existent tourists. I was through immigration in literally 2 minutes! The place was deserted....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandGuy Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 The moment Tourist start coming with over 10k a day the Thailand Pass system fails. Time to abandon that system or keep tourist numbers low and be happy with that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will B Good Posted April 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, dogfish180 said: I call bs ????????. I arrived at midday today, a bunch of hotel staff hanging about, looking for non existent tourists. I was through immigration in literally 2 minutes! The place was deserted....... Had someone just been stabbed maybe......that would clear the place???....555 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand49 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Official always defensive always got an excuse! Just accept the criticism and fix it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aussienam Posted April 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) "He said that since April 1st when RT-PCR tests before coming to Thailand were scrapped the daily passenger numbers have risen from 6,000 - 7000 to 9,000 - 10,000." For a large airport the increase is minimal. People are still not coming because of this test on arrival debacle. If they wanted to keep one of the tests, then a pre-departure PCR/RAT test makes more sense. Anyone with sense would do an ATK test anyway before departure to Thailand. That way, if someone is positive then they cancel their flight and stay in country of departure until they are negative. Canceling a flight may be non-refundable or you may be entitled to reschedule to flight. But arriving in Thailand, being tested on arrival and being positive, or being next to someone on the plane who is positive? BANG! Off to hospital and probably quarantine hotel and be charged a high amount that you cannot claim on insurance. Ludicrous. A massive disincentive to travel to Thailand and risk quarantine detention and charged $$$$$$. An awful and expensive experience. Meanwhile in Australia, they have previously had a mandatory pre-departure PCR or ATK test requirement. No test on arrival for most States (Perth is the backwards State). And from 18th April that is no longer the case and now people can fly to Oz with no need for any tests at all. You only need vaccination proof. Moving in line with other countries. Thailand can do so much better than this craziness. You want big arrival numbers? Get rid of all this rubbish. COVID is already here. A few positive passengers will make zero difference now. Edited April 12, 2022 by aussienam 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke1959 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said: It doesn't work like that. But you probably know that anyway but just wanted to make a negative comment. probably never been to extent a visa at any immigration and you will receive a handwritten receipt and they keep the carbonpapered copy...... just to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, ikke1959 said: probably never been to extent a visa at any immigration and you will receive a handwritten receipt and they keep the carbonpapered copy...... just to say The tax is included in the price of your ticket and isn't collected separately ..... just to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millcx Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Its all the Indians that TAT have sent in..... Thailand is saved .... Place will be packed now and everything back to TAT figures 2010 .... Yahoooooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetT Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 9 hours ago, webfact said: it was overcrowded on the third floor at the meeting point between hotels and passengers 2nd Floor I think? Arrivals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Bones Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Ah, arrivals and hotel cars. Chink Chink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it is what it is Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Guderian said: It sounds very similar to what's happening at British airports. Many staff were laid off during the pandemic and haven't returned to work so the airports are very short-staffed with slow service and over-crowding. Ten thousand passengers a day is less than 10% of what was routinely handled at Swampy before Covid, but it will take time to get all the systems running properly again and sufficient staff available to deal with the increasing numbers. It's still a lot better than Manchester airport, though, where the delays and queues are so bad today that passengers are queuing out into the car park! https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-manchester-60776547 the difference is the uk airports are back to pre covid passenger levels - thailand is dealing with a couple of thousand passengers... that's not to say there hasn't been some chaos at uk airports, but many friends have traveled recently with absolutely no issues, it seems the problems reported in the press are the isolated worse instances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, webfact said: After a famous Thai Youtuber exposed to the world how lost tourists were at the airport upon their arrival in Thailand, causing national shame overnight, it took just a day for officials to address the issue. Thank goodness the guy posted in Thai and no foreigners will ever find, much less understand his posts... How much worse can it be than pre-Covid when the immigration line was often hours long? Edited April 12, 2022 by impulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CG1 Blue Posted April 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2022 11 hours ago, webfact said: He said that since April 1st when RT-PCR tests before coming to Thailand were scrapped the daily passenger numbers have risen from 6,000 - 7000 to 9,000 - 10,000. The removal of pre-flight PCR testing will have made virtually no difference to international arrival numbers. This change did not remove the risk of ending up in Covid jail for most of your holiday. Remove all testing (like most civilised countries) and then you'll see a real increase. The increases we're seeing now are most likely due to Songkran, Easter holidays, plus the general trend globally of people starting to travel again. But the authorities in LOS like to make out that the increase is due to the pointless removal of pre-flight testing ???? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwab32 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I came through on the 9th..not complaints.. One of my easiest journies through the airport. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncltd1973 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 12 hours ago, webfact said: Kittipong Kitikhajorn said that the problems are caused by large numbers of passengers at peak periods. Kittipong is Captain Obvious! If only he had a way to look into the future so he could prepare for this! I'm not a professional airport anything, but I expect you can look at the manifest of arrivals for the day and get ahead of the problem, if it interests you to do your job at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 But but I thought TAT had predicted all this while gazing into there crystal ball, goes to prove No-one listens to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 10 hours ago, cncltd1973 said: Kittipong is Captain Obvious! If only he had a way to look into the future so he could prepare for this! I'm not a professional airport anything, but I expect you can look at the manifest of arrivals for the day and get ahead of the problem, if it interests you to do your job at all. That would take effort and logic, Nah not going to happen in L O Sloths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyf Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 20 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said: The tax is included in the price of your ticket and isn't collected separately ..... just to say. That has been suggested but not yet agreed. As far as I am aware there is an issue over the land borders which has yet to be resolved and delayed implementation on air travelers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Fran Dan Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 On 4/12/2022 at 4:22 PM, PJ71 said: I normally arrive hotel 2100 and have always been out before 0800. My hotel not do test after 1800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ71 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) 34 minutes ago, San Fran Dan said: My hotel not do test after 1800 That sucks. I'd suggest finding a hotel that does. Edited April 13, 2022 by PJ71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttrd Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 4/12/2022 at 4:37 AM, RafPinto said: Here they come. Russians, Scheinese, Indians. Hand luggage full of 10,000$ notes ???? If 10.000$ notes, then most likely homemade ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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