Absolutely disgraceful

 

Arrival passengers at Suvarnabhumi International Airport 2day. Could the airport authority & immigration police try doubly hard 2 make them feel more welcome? Arrival should be hassle free. Welcome to #Thailand anyhow! 

 

https://twitter.com/PravitR/status/1590682099023253504

 

Lucky Scoot flies Phuket.

Looks just like it did in 2019... but with probably 1/4 of the open immigration lanes & officers as the root cause.

Looks like any other top destination airport during high season.

I'm sure that the boys at the TAT are rubbing their hands in glee seeing such numbers of arrivals,

having said that, time Thailand move into the 21 century and install self serving entry points, but 

no Thai official be happy to give up the paper, ink and stamps like they did 40 years ago... 

Came in at 00:30 this morning (Tuesday).  Korean Air parked at a stand 700m from the Immigration counters.  Moving walkways helped make it a quick trip.  There were exactly zero people queued in front of me.  The fastest I've ever made it through in 20+ BKK arrivals.  I withdrew cash from the ATM and still beat my bags.

6 minutes ago, deptrai said:

Came in at 00:30 this morning (Tuesday).

KE 659

 

Great time to arrive, off-off-peak time with few/no arrivals +/- 20 minutes.

 

Now compare that to 12:00 - 13:00 with a dozen or so international wide-body arrivals with half being A380's.

 

 

 

 

Like expected . Numbers are up, like i said a few months ago , many people did not go Thailand in 3y. Now high season is starting, numbers are up. Many airport services did lay off people and are now struggling with the load. Do not forget the chaos in many European airports this summer, with 1000s of flights cancelled, luggage stacks, strikes of security ,... Thailand is not alone in this matter.

Depends what time people arrive? If its early to mid morning, its not so bad, but after lunch on into the afternoon expect big crowds?

 

arrived here so many times and maybe once had to wait about 20 minutes, that's the longest. arrived a couple of weeks ago, on a sunday, and waited less than two minutes. sure, there is excessive congestion at times, as there can be in any airport, but it is not the norm.

If this amount of Tourists   is to be a regular thing then the boys  in brown in Pattaya   will have to start  recruiting more, not enough police to check the Passports/Visas on their night club / bar raids

Arrived in Suvarnabhumi today from inland flight . That flight was already late by 20 mins according to the pilot speaking due to BKK traffic. Anyway, arrived in BKK, no passport control since domestic flight ,so straight over to the baggage belt . Baggage belt ... and wait and wait more and wait more . It took 1h to get the bags and i was actually 1 of the 1st of my flight getting them . OK over to 1st floor for grab a taxi . Nope , had to wait in the entrance of the building ... the row was that long . Took 30 mins to get to the counter .

So yes i can def say they can't manage the new traffic now ....

Sounds a little like my last arrival into T5 LHR....but that wouldn't fit the anti-Thai rhetoric of the blinkered entitleds

 

PH

have they got much cash in their pockets ??

On 11/10/2022 at 9:12 PM, ezzra said:

I'm sure that the boys at the TAT are rubbing their hands in glee seeing such numbers of arrivals,

having said that, time Thailand move into the 21 century and install self serving entry points, but 

no Thai official be happy to give up the paper, ink and stamps like they did 40 years ago... 

When I passed through Suvarnabhumi last week, I noticed self service exit points already installed, but not yet active. They were all marked up "For Thai Nationals Only"

16 minutes ago, phetphet said:

When I passed through Suvarnabhumi last week, I noticed self service exit points already installed, but not yet active. They were all marked up "For Thai Nationals Only"

So EXACTLY like the UK then?

 

PH

I last arrived in early October and it was the worst I have ever seen. Took me 4 hours to clear immigration.

10 hours ago, Phulublub said:

So EXACTLY like the UK then?

 

PH

Not sure for exit. There are self service channels where one scans their boarding pass. I presume that works  for anyone flying out,

To be honest, I can't even remember going through a Passport Control when exiting UK last week.

only a cursory check of my passport and boarding card. But not at an actual booth.

 

Self service entry is definitely only for UK Nationals.

 

The biggest speed improvement to entering the UK for UK Nationals though seems to be that since Brexit, EU Nationals now have to go through the "Foreigner" channels.

 

I actually found entering Thailand through immigration on Sunday afternoon pretty quick.

Collecting baggage was another matter. It took over an hour for my suitcase to come through, so I missed my connecting flight..