Security not increased at Suvarnabhumi Airport

BANGKOK (TNA) -- Increasing security preparations to a higher level at Suvarnabhumi Airport and other international airports under Airports of Thailand (AOT) is not necessary, according to the AOT president.

Following the government’s declaration of a State of Emergency in Bangkok and nearby provinces on Wednesday evening, AOT president Serirat Prasutanond said current security measures at the third level is sufficient for guarding the airports’ premises.

He said that the number of passengers using AOT’s international airports on daily average is about 130,000. Also, the number of tourists during the upcoming Songkran holiday, or the Thai New Year, has increased.

According to the AOT executive, during the festivities from April 9-18, 550 added charter flights have been booked apart from normal flight timetables, or about 50 extra flights daily.

There were usually 750 flights operating through Suvarnabhumi Airport on a daily basis, according to statistics gathered during the government’s use of the Internal Security Act in mid-March in response to the Red Shirt protests of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD).

The airports agency will again monitor flight operations situation and passenger numbers at the airport to estimate the impact of the State of Emergency, Mr Serirat said. (TNA)

-- TNA 2010-04-08

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Are all these tourist are coming over here to see how the idiot government is handling The Red situation. Well they will be very disappointed. Nothing is happening and the red are running around like they are back at their farm