New Bkk airport

[BillWilson 10]

website says 42 days to open

 

http://www.thaiair.info/sbia/index.htm

[upena 2]

based on originally planned 29 Sep opening - ain't gonna happen...but Toxin (Thaksin) will fly in on that day and there will be a big hooplah show..and it will open in the 2nd half of next year

[Gus 97]

I wouldn't like to put my mortgage on the airport opening fully by this time next year

[cybers1b 8]

government experts say that it will be ready for operations in july 2006 - that means that it will really be ready by january to april 2007 (friendly guess).

 

I drive to the site from time to time now as one of our customers is there - it is not anywhere near finished.

 

cheers

cyber

[rkt 0]

Rumor is that Dong Muang is going to be used as a US Military Air Base when the new airport opens!!

 

[BigDUSA 71]

Rumor is that Dong Muang is going to be used as a US Military Air Base when the new airport opens!!

 

It was used as a US Air Force Base during the Vietnam war.

[Floyd 0]

i fly in in 55 days time so we shall see but i doubt it.

 

Maybe i should changemy hotel from bkk to ptty.

[Eneukman 1]

website says 42 days to open

 

http://www.thaiair.info/sbia/index.htm

somehow I think there is a digit missing. At best the number 3 should be inserted in front of the 42 though a 4 or a 5 might be more appropriate.

 

Alan

[upena 2]

Suvarnabhumi Airport

[Samsonite 181]

After taking a close look at the aerial photographs of the new airport it would apear to me that it has, approximately, the same number of gates as the current airport. It has two runways, the current airport has two runways.

How is any of this an improvement?

Edited August 26, 2005 by Samsonite

[monkeyman 1,604]

Rumor is that Dong Muang is going to be used as a US Military Air Base when the new airport opens!!

 

I'd rather they used it as a US Military target.

[farman 11]

I'd rather they used it as a US Military target.

Huh!!

[mykl 72]

Rumor is that Dong Muang is going to be used as a US Military Air Base when the new airport opens!!

 

We already have the use of air bases in Thailand. I doubt we will start up one for our exclusive use. Be nice though. There would be military and civilians willing to kill for a chance to go there.

[mykl 72]

Huh!!

huh x 2

[bongojona 2]

huh x3

[lemons 0]

I honestly pity the first 5000 or so jetlagged guinea pigs that disembark at the new airport - whenever it opens

 

Any new airport anywhere in the world has teething problems - but in LOS, I would need to be traqualised I think!

 

Dont get me wrong, I love Thailand and its people, but they can create chaos out of order better than any citizens I know. An example is the Samet boat pier at Ban Pae. I watched as 3 smallish launches managed to take 3/4 of an hour to board their passengers due to a total lack of organisation and cooperation. I wondered aloud if they were using a new system that day ... but no, it's like this every day - they never benefit from yesterdays mess.

 

IMHO of course, Lemons

[Floyd 0]

Manila has a new intl terminal built but due to coruption, it still sits idle after 3 lonely years.

Thailand has a long way to go to catch up with the caos and corruption of the Phils. But I love her dearly.

[monkeyman 1,604]

Huh!!

Just my way of saying it's not exactly my favourite airport.

[BigDUSA 71]

US Air opened a new terminal Philly about a year or so ago. Months late and way over budget. Some of it was due to new post 9/11 security requirements but it was a disaster when it first opened. What you expect us to deliver your luggage the same day you got off the plane. FORGETABOUTIT as we like to say in Philly. Now it works fine.

[BigRobo 0]

I wouldn't like to put my mortgage on the airport opening fully by this time next year

Same, Same Beach Road being completed.

[Floyd 0]

Thais website now says 8 days to opening.

 

I say bollocks to that...

[Samsonite 181]

Thais website now says 8 days to opening.

 

I say bollocks to that...

PM Toxin is going to fly in so they save "face" by saying it was used on "opening day." It will still be MANY months if not a year down the road before the airport actually opens for regular commercial service.

BTW, Dong Muang was built by, and use by, the U.S. as a military airbase. All but one, now two, airfields in Thailand were built by the U.S. military.

Edited September 21, 2005 by Samsonite

[jacko 8,813]

Thais website now says 8 days to opening.

 

I say bollocks to that...

According to my Bangkok post there will be some VIPs landing there in a few days, but the 'open for passengers' is stated as mid 2006.

 

Latest 'problem' I read about, birdstrikes!

[CheshireTom 1,377]

BTW, Dong Muang was built by, and use by, the U.S. as a military airbase. All but one, now two, airfields in Thailand were built by the U.S. military.

Don Muang had been in existence as an airfield for 40-odd years before the USAF took up residence by which time it was already the region's major international gateway and home to Thai Airways. There are also at least three airports (Samui, Trat and Sukhothai) that were built, operated and owned by Bangkok Airways.

 

Tom

[Samsonite 181]

Goes to show one cannot believe everything they read on the Internet. My apologies. If I can find the web site where I found that information I'll post the link.