webfact Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Pattaya — U-Tapao International Airport, located near Pattaya, is making an effort to attract direct flights from India, eyeing the vast potential of the Indian tourism market. In a meeting held on Friday, December 15th, Admiral Ekasittichai Tangjai, Director of U-Tapao airport, met with Ms. Natsuda Mettaprasert, Deputy Consul General to India, and Mr. Navaid Desai, General Manager of Customer Relations at INDIGO Airlines. The meeting, held at U-Tapao airport, focused on exploring collaboration opportunities between the airline and the airport. Admiral Ekasittichai extended a warm invitation to the delegates, aiming to foster confidence among Indian tourists about the ease and convenience of flying directly to U-Tapao airport. By Tanakorn Panyadee Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2023-12-20 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 to lure tourists .....pssst ,psst want to come to Pattaya for holiday ,don't bring any Gold with you. 'lure' it sounds sleazy , regards worgeordie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, worgeordie said: to lure tourists .....pssst ,psst want to come to Pattaya for holiday ,don't bring any Gold with you. 'lure' it sounds sleazy , regards worgeordie agree ..... ' lure ' sounds like entrapment or to catch .... maybe better chosen word like ' encourage or entice ' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 3 hours ago, worgeordie said: to lure tourists .....pssst ,psst want to come to Pattaya for holiday ,don't bring any Gold with you. 'lure' it sounds sleazy , regards worgeordie Welcome is the word they're looking for WELCOME... NOT Lure. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Bring back the Udon flight !!!!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep Right Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Great news, I cannot wait to see more packs of Indian men walking down the middle of the street. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickcage49 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 I was just saying today is that what we need here in Pattaya are more Indian tourists... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lister Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 The Beach Road girls will be thrilled, ten for the price of one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Their dreams of having a World Class 60 million capacity airport within the EEC at Utapao look to be a tad farfetched. Navy needs that money, so Indian tourists on budget carriers it will have to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeneking Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 7 hours ago, worgeordie said: to lure tourists .....pssst ,psst want to come to Pattaya for holiday ,don't bring any Gold with you. 'lure' it sounds sleazy , regards worgeordie Yes, for sure. Smoeone is trying to trick someone into doing something unwise. Who is it keeps bringing up this word? They should be told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSam Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 I don't know why they can not bring another "walking street" into a dead city, and "lure" the indians there. I'm sure there are enough of them to sustain said dead city. Please don't bring them into Pattaya, we got quite enough already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 21 hours ago, worgeordie said: to lure tourists .....pssst ,psst want to come to Pattaya for holiday ,don't bring any Gold with you. 'lure' it sounds sleazy , regards worgeordie From what I hear it's a sleazy trip to Pattaya, shhh, tell the wife you are on a business trip to Bangalore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 13 hours ago, CanadaSam said: I don't know why they can not bring another "walking street" into a dead city, and "lure" the indians there. I'm sure there are enough of them to sustain said dead city. Please don't bring them into Pattaya, we got quite enough already! It is not the way it works... they basically take over and push the current residents out, like Leicester. Could move to Phuket, nope, Russians got that, perhaps we need to build up Ban Chang or Bang Saray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henryford Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 18 hours ago, Keep Right said: Great news, I cannot wait to see more packs of Indian men walking down the middle of the street. Holding hands three abreast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 On 12/20/2023 at 8:47 AM, webfact said: U-Tapao International Airport, located near Pattaya, is making an effort Not in my experience. The place is a dump; scruffy; unfinished; poor service; riddled with mosquitoes. Don't even think of emailing them in English. International travellers can't get any refreshments without a Thai App on their phones! The ludicrous rule 'no photos taking off/landing' shows how dumb the owners (Thai navy) are in not having heard of global Earth which has already photographed EVERYTHING and published it on line right down to the defunct aircraft carrier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danderman123 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 UTapao could certainly use more flights. The airport is underused, and has a lot of excess capacity. Back in the day, there were flights from UTP to Isaan, very handy for bargirls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgealbert Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 19 minutes ago, Danderman123 said: UTapao could certainly use more flights. The airport is underused, and has a lot of excess capacity. Back in the day, there were flights from UTP to Isaan, very handy for bargirls. In 2023 the government approved that the Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (Aerothai) could carry out a project worth 1.25 billion baht that would upgrade air navigation services at U-Tapao, to ensure that the airport, which is being planned to be developed as a third major commercial airport, with said project to be completed by 2025. The Transport Ministry also hopes are that air traffic at U-Tapao airport in 2048 will grow to about 241,100 flights a year, (70 million passengers) under a plan by the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) and Eastern Special Development Zone Policy (EEC), draft details from 2020 attached, to show the dream. https://www.aiib.org/en/projects/details/2022/_download/thailand/P000575_Thailand-U-Tapao-International-Airport-Expansion-Project-EHIA-Chapter-2-English.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danderman123 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Georgealbert said: In 2023 the government approved that the Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (Aerothai) could carry out a project worth 1.25 billion baht that would upgrade air navigation services at U-Tapao, to ensure that the airport, which is being planned to be developed as a third major commercial airport, with said project to be completed by 2025. I suspect that UTapao growth will happen in 2047. Before then, not much. I checked the Google for Aerothai progress at UTapao. Nothing since the announcement in 2023. Edited March 26 by Danderman123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgealbert Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Danderman123 said: I suspect that UTapao growth will happen in 2047. Before then, not much. I was only repeating government statements/dreams, I can not really see it happening as AOT (Airports of Thailand) have always said it does not have any plan to transfer the business of U-Tapao International Airport, from the RTN to AOT, and hence it would be competition to AOTs big money earning Bangkok airports. Edited March 26 by Georgealbert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Pre Covid, direct flights from Doha, Qatar had begun and Air Asia ran flights to 9 different Thai cities, with a new terminal built to service them. Covid has a lot to answer for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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