An Email I Recieved

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Below is an email I recieved from a charter company.

Greetings

25-28 September will be the official change over of airports in Bangkok. Dong Muang (the old airport) will no longer be receive any scheduled or regular charters flights & will be become ICAO classified DMK on the 28th September

Suvarnabhumi (the new airport) will be where all these scheduled and regular charter flights will be operated to and from & will be ICAO classified BKK on the same date.

The web-site address for the new airport is http://www.airportsuvarnabhumi.com/

If you are travelling to/from Bangkok in the first month or so of the airport change-over, it is recommended that you proceed with extreme caution.

Everyone is forecasting major problems with the new airport logistics and serious delays are expected due to issues with passenger & cargo ground handling, customs, cargo facilities & systems and other reasons not fully explained to one of our colleagues who has just returned from an inspection

After 28th September Dong Muang (DMK) will be allowed to accept ad-hoc charters but, the Dept of Transport is doing all possible to force all operators to rebase to Suvarnabhumi (BKK), our guy there says there are lots of rumours that Dong Muang (DMK) could be closed for 7-14 days to force operators to leave. Already scheduled airlines who are transferring to the new airport are starting to announce embargos on belly freight & some full freighter operators are cancelling flights during the change over week.

Expect it to be messy & if you have a flight, make sure you have someone to help you or call Chapman Freeborn your aircraft charter specialist for passenger and cargo charters worldwide