AOT launches ‘Sawasdee by AOT’ app, promises range of useful functions for air travelers

[webfact]

 

by Namo Vananupong
    
BANGKOK (NNT) - With Covid restrictions having been mostly lifted in many parts of the world, the number of passengers using airports in Thailand has noticeably increased. The Airports of Thailand Plc. (AOT) now expects Thailand’s top 6 airports to service 96 million passengers next year. To better accommodate travelers, the company is now making the ‘Sawasdee by AOT’ app available.

 

AOT President Nitinai Sirismatthakarn expects the combined passenger handling figure at 6 airports to rise to 96 million next year. This would represent an expansion of 68%. The 6 airports include Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket, and Hat Yai airports. The AOT predicts there will be 142 million passengers in 2024 when air travel is expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels.

 

To best serve tourists, the AOT has been bringing in digital technology to improve services. The AOT and partners have developed the ‘Sawasdee by AOT’ mobile application that it hopes will become a travel ‘super app’ in Thailand. Users are now able to check flight schedules, find the statuses of arrival and departure flights and get alerts for flight changes.

 

Users can also get information on wait times at check-in counters, security checkpoints, and passport control points. This information will make it less likely for travelers to miss their flights. The app also comes with a taxi booking function. It is available in Thai, English, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Russian.

 

The app integrates a digital wallet developed in collaboration with Krung Thai bank under the name ‘Sawasdee Pay’. This function enables a user to make payments from Visa and MasterCard debit and credit cards.

 

Payments via the wallet will earn the user ‘AOT points’ when making purchases at partner stores. The points may then be exchanged for rewards with AOT partners.

Sawasdee by AOT is available on the App Store and Play Store.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221109013256316

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2022-11-09

 

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[RichardColeman]

I bet the amount of people on here downloading it will be lower than the amount of world wars last century

[Shuya]

Yet another great idea from the ministry of silly walks

[khunjeff]

Well, you need to register even to see something as simple as arrival and departure information.

 

It now provides wait times for check-in, security, and immigration, but look at these and ask yourself whether the times look realistic based on the numbers waiting...214 people through immigration in nine minutes? Not impossible, but a lot faster than I've typically seen. 

 

 

[ThailandRyan]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

AOT President Nitinai Sirismatthakarn expects the combined passenger handling figure at 6 airports to rise to 96 million next year. This would represent an expansion of 68%.

Not holding back on his predictions. How many of these passengers never leave the international side as they transit away from Thailand, yet are considered as travelers to Thailand. Someone's been taking the sauce it appears.

[mikebell]

96 MILLION!   AOT or TAT figures.

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, mikebell said:

96 MILLION!   AOT or TAT figures.

AO-TAT....how's that a new Era of cooperation.

[bang saen guy]

Only Thai app I've gotten to work is the vaccine one

[RandiRona]

Thailand Hub of useless senseless apps!!

Edited November 9, 2022 by RandiRona

[IAMHERE]

Yet another great idea from the ministry of silly Talks

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The Airports of Thailand Plc. (AOT) now expects Thailand’s top 6 airports to service 96 million passengers next year.

????