PM Srettha’s vision for Thai airports and aviation services

[webfact]

 

Making Suvarnabhumi international airport one of the world’s top 50 by the end of this year and one of the 20 top airports within five years is a dream of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

 

He was speaking about his government’s vision to Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit, Deputy Transport Minister Manaporn Charoensri and top executives of Airports of Thailand Public Company, as well as executive from several airlines, at Government House on Friday.

 

The prime minister said that his objective is to turn Thailand into the region’s aviation hub and he believes in the country’s potential to achieve that goal, adding that Thailand must first admit that there are problems which need to be addressed before the goal can be achieved.

 

He said that the airports in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong are ranked higher than Suvarnabhumi, even though they have not upgraded in recent years. He warned that, without any action to address the problems, the current 68th ranking of Suvarnabhumi airport may drop further.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-03-04

 

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[flyingtlger]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thailand must first admit that there are problems which need to be addressed before the goal can be achieved.

He has a firm grasp of the obvious.....

[DonniePeverley]

He loves tourism.  What about all the other problems in Thailand ?

[ezzra]

This insatiable appetite of Thailand for more and more tourists is bordering with madness, nothing wrong with it

if the infrastructure is there to accommodate them all but with the main tourism destinations becoming

clogged with huge number of tourists busses and vans, traffic jam, even Bkk-Pattaya motorway is backed up 

at times not to speak of traffic jams there and in similar places...

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Making Suvarnabhumi international airport one of the world’s top 50 by the end of this year and one of the 20 top airports within five years is a dream of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

Keepdreaming.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, DonniePeverley said:

He loves tourism.  What about all the other problems in Thailand ?

Problems what problems, tourism will solve everything.

[Srikcir]

More Hub stuff.

Remember this?

"the possibility of turning Thailand into a space station hub for Asia-Pacific"

https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/economy/40029991

How about making Thailand the Hub of GDP growth vs the Hub of the Middle Income Trap?

 

[Tropicalevo]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand must first admit that there are problems which need to be addressed before the goal can be achieved.

How about

Corruption

Lack of democracy

Corruption

Wealth divide

Lack of law being applied to the rich

 

Oh never mind. The list is endless. (Did I mention corruption?)

[sammieuk1]

A hub but no hubble-bubble 🤔

[mfd101]

Not entirely clear what he means by 'top' in this context. If it simply means more dazed tourists pouring through, that's scarcely reassuring.

 

But if you add some concepts of 'quality' to the mix [measured efficiency in & out, baggage handling & retrieval, customer service, transport to & from ... ] it starts to have some point. But only if you act on them vigorously ...

[trainman34014]

What's his 'vision' of the filthy Pollution at this time of year; or is it (or he) so thick that he can't see his way through it ?

[huangnon]

8 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Problems what problems, tourism will solve everything.

 

 

Focusing on the thriving tourism sector helps avoid the criticism of the exports (80% of GDP) industries which are really in the doldrums right now.

[John Drake]

Is this going to be a way for countries under sanctions, such as Russia, to acquire parts and repair to American aircraft they've seized and which cannot be otherwise serviced?