Pattaya Airport May Expand And Get Second Runway

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Pattaya Airport may expand and get Second Runway

By Staff Reporter

PATTAYA: -- U-Tapao airport, south of the city of Pattaya, is set for further expansion including a second runway in plans launched by the Transport Ministry this week

newsjsWith the continued increase in tourism in Thailand, the Transport Ministry is considering the expansion of Utapao to become the third major airport for Thailand after Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports and with the growing popularity of Pattaya and the Chonburi region, Utapao is considered to be the ideal gateway to the region for tourists, relieving the congested capital airports and making travel to and from the region easier.

The airport is already popular with the charter flights coming to Thailand and the runways are excellent, according to sources. Originally built by the US Forces during the Vietnam war, the airport was also used extensively when protests closed Bangkok’s terminals several years ago. [more...]

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--Pattaya 103 FM 2013-02-02

[Asiantravel]

WOW they will be bringing them in from Moscow in these soon

Edited February 2, 2013 by Asiantravel

[canopus1969]

What a waste of money – the present runway is not being utilised to anywhere near its capacity and facilities are quite sufficient for the Russians

[LeCharivari]

Not a waste for whoever gets it!

The present runways are more than adequate for double the traffic, if not more, but the facilities could do with an upgrade to "International" standard.

[Spalpeen]

Anything that improves the infrastructure serving Pattaya is a good thing.

[BlackPuddingBertha]

Anything that improves the infrastructure serving Pattaya is a good thing.

On the contrary. The infrastructure for getting to Pattaya is already very good. Any improvement to it would just result in more people arriving, and the local infrastructure cant even cope with the numbers that are here at the moment. So getting here should be made more difficult, not easier.

[Asiantravel]

Anything that improves the infrastructure serving Pattaya is a good thing.

In that case, bearing in mind there are two perfectly good airports just a couple of hours away wouldn't it be nice to spend that money on fixing all the broken pavements in this city?

[Spalpeen]

The road from Pattaya to BKK airport is perfectly good, but the traffic that uses it is a ******* nightmare. I'd much prefer to be driving in the other direction to a dedicated Pattaya airport. As for the local infrastructure not keeping up.....Pattaya has exploded from nothing to it's present size in less than 50 years. The more tourist money rolls in here, the better it gets. Who cares if it's dollars, euros, roubles or yen, as long as they come and spend it here.

[BlackPuddingBertha]

Pattaya has exploded from nothing to it's present size in less than 50 years. The more tourist money rolls in here, the better it gets.

I'd say the more money rolls in the worse it gets. It was a far better place to be 20 or 30 years ago than it is now.

[Spalpeen]

Pattaya has exploded from nothing to it's present size in less than 50 years. The more tourist money rolls in here, the better it gets.

I'd say the more money rolls in the worse it gets. It was a far better place to be 20 or 30 years ago than it is now.

[Rimmer]

One post removed, keep that up and you will be the one going to Siberia