07 July 2009 Run on air in June.

In June there was a run on tickets. The number of bookings increased by 60 percent,according to ticketshop Vliegtickets.nl ,compared with June last year. Holidaymakers looked in April and May by the recession is the cat from the tree But the hesitation disappeared last month with the historically low flight prices and volatile weather. Also the cancellation of the flight tax on July 1 helped a bit, according to the website. This tax ranged from 11.25 to 45 euros.Popular destinations this year Bangkok, Barcelona and Lisbon.

Source:http://www.nos.nl/nos/artikelen/2009/07/art000001C9FEE9FBF1E267.html (in dutch)

07 July 2009 Run on air in June.

In June there was a run on tickets. The number of bookings increased by 60 percent,according to ticketshop Vliegtickets.nl ,compared with June last year. Holidaymakers looked in April and May by the recession is the cat from the tree But the hesitation disappeared last month with the historically low flight prices and volatile weather. Also the cancellation of the flight tax on July 1 helped a bit, according to the website. This tax ranged from 11.25 to 45 euros.Popular destinations this year Bangkok, Barcelona and Lisbon.

Source:http://www.nos.nl/nos/artikelen/2009/07/art000001C9FEE9FBF1E267.html (in dutch)

Any given year there is a run on tickets just before the start of the holiday season in the Netherlands.

Quite normal.

This year it seems to be a bit more as other years.

Probably because a lot of people waited to book for various reasons.

However, don't forget that the total is still 30-40 % below last year. (for Thailand)

And of course the industry will make a lot of noise about the abolition of the ticket tax.

They had to, because the noise they made about that stupid tax to get lost of it, was hilarious and utter nonsense.

We will see at the end of the year!

Flew in last Saturday - about five in the afternoon.

At the Immigration desks for the E, F and G areas there was one Immi officer only.

At the Immigration desks for the D area there was one Immi officer only.

At the Immigration desks for the A, B and C areas there were eight officers.

Flew out on Tuesday. About midday. Straight to an Immigration desk, no queue.

In the departure area there were only a few people - nothing like the normal crowds (I fly in and out a dozen times a year).

There really do not seem to be many people in Su'boom, although other airports are at almost normal levels, considering the ime of year.