simon43 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 According to signs posted on the airport approach road, today will see the first international flight - TG609 from Hong Kong, docking at the new international terminal, which is due to fully open on 1st June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merijn Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 And then bused with crappy old buses from the airplane to the "old" terminal. Not a real improvement except for some promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 (edited) And then bused with crappy old buses from the airplane to the "old" terminal. Not a real improvement except for some promotion. I would expect the latest terminal would have air bridges. To be honest I cannot remember ever having to be bused into the terminal building in the past good few years. Maybe in the very distant past on the odd occasion, never recently .. Edited February 14, 2016 by LivinginKata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I'm missing something here. International terminal? Where exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I'm missing something here. International terminal? Where exactly? As you're posting on the Phuket Forum you should be able to work out that this is about the new terminal at Phuket International Airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 And then bused with crappy old buses from the airplane to the "old" terminal. Not a real improvement except for some promotion. I would expect the latest terminal would have air bridges. To be honest I cannot remember ever having to be bused into the terminal building in the past good few years. Maybe in the very distant past on the odd occasion, never recently .. Nok Air and Air Asia flights I always end up on a bus both in Phuket and Don Muang. Thai Airways to BKK always a jet way as we call them... I guess when I pay twice as much, I don't have to take a bus to board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 And then bused with crappy old buses from the airplane to the "old" terminal. Not a real improvement except for some promotion. I would expect the latest terminal would have air bridges. To be honest I cannot remember ever having to be bused into the terminal building in the past good few years. Maybe in the very distant past on the odd occasion, never recently .. Nok Air and Air Asia flights I always end up on a bus both in Phuket and Don Muang. Thai Airways to BKK always a jet way as we call them... I guess when I pay twice as much, I don't have to take a bus to board. Last time I went Thai in & out of BKK it was a bus & stairs. I guess should be able to walk from carpark on upper level directly to departures. I wonder why they do not use the bottom level of the carpark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I'm missing something here. International terminal? Where exactly? As you're posting on the Phuket Forum you should be able to work out that this is about the new terminal at Phuket International Airport. Nope: this posted on the Thai forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merijn Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 And then bused with crappy old buses from the airplane to the "old" terminal. Not a real improvement except for some promotion. I would expect the latest terminal would have air bridges. To be honest I cannot remember ever having to be bused into the terminal building in the past good few years. Maybe in the very distant past on the odd occasion, never recently .. yes the new terminal has air bridges but they and the terminal is not ready until later this year. Therefore even if the plane parks at the bridge location the passengers have to be bused to the old terminal. It is very common (specially LCC) to be bused to or from your plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I'm missing something here. International terminal? Where exactly? As you're posting on the Phuket Forum you should be able to work out that this is about the new terminal at Phuket International Airport. Nope: this posted on the Thai forum. O-kay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I'm missing something here. International terminal? Where exactly? As you're posting on the Phuket Forum you should be able to work out that this is about the new terminal at Phuket International Airport. Nope: this posted on the Thai forum. You'd better check that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 And then bused with crappy old buses from the airplane to the "old" terminal. Not a real improvement except for some promotion. I would expect the latest terminal would have air bridges. To be honest I cannot remember ever having to be bused into the terminal building in the past good few years. Maybe in the very distant past on the odd occasion, never recently .. yes the new terminal has air bridges but they and the terminal is not ready until later this year. Therefore even if the plane parks at the bridge location the passengers have to be bused to the old terminal. It is very common (specially LCC) to be bused to or from your plane. I remember reading somewhere that they were bringing one flight into the new terminal to test the facilities. I assumed this to be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 I remember reading somewhere that they were bringing one flight into the new terminal to test the facilities. I assumed this to be it. Yes, it was dubbed 'technical flight', but TG609 seems to be a route code for Hong Kong - Phuket, so assume it was carrying paying passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Running in News forum: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/895123-phuket-airport-welcomes-hong-kongers-in-new-terminal-test-run/ Please continue there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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