Suvarnabhumi to undergo 76.5bn baht expansion

[Samsonite 181]

"Air Transport

 

DATE:09/12/09

SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news

Suvarnabhumi to undergo 76.5bn baht expansion

By Ghim-Lay Yeo

 

National airports operator Airports of Thailand (AoT) plans to spend 76.5 billion baht ($2.3 billion) to expand Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport.

 

This will increase the airport's capacity from 65 million passengers a year to 80 million passengers a year, says AoT. It hopes to begin construction early next year, says an AOT spokeswoman.

 

Of the 80 million, 60 million will be international passengers while the remaining 20 million will be domestic passengers.

 

The expansion will be adequate to accommodate passengers and air traffic volume until 2019, says AoT.

 

"The plans includes the construction and improvement of facilities to handle continuously increasing air traffic volume in an adequate and effective manner, thereby enabling Thailand to maintain its position as South-east Asia's aviation hub," it adds.

 

AoT says the expansion is needed because the main passenger terminal building will be congested from 2014, despite plans for a domestic passenger terminal building.

 

In October, the AoT board approved a 9.1 billion baht baht to construct the domestic terminal building from fiscal year 2010 to 2013."

 

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/...-expansion.html

Edited December 9, 2009 by Samsonite

[ozijeff 9]

Fkn how much?

Would this mean no more fun bus rides out to get on Air Asia flights?

And what airport taxes will be tacked on to airfares to pay for this?

Have they got approval from the yellow shirts?

 

Airports, Hospitals ane Shopping Malls ..... never finished.

 

BTW .. whats the latest estimate on the skytrain link to be finished?

[joekicker 53]

BTW .. whats the latest estimate on the skytrain link to be finished?

 

Definitely by next year or so, depending on the Kra Canal progress.

 

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[ozijeff 9]

Thanks Joe. So Whats that, only 3 years longer than expected?

[joekicker 53]

Thanks Joe. So Whats that, only 3 years longer than expected?

 

Bit of a joke, that first post. Let me try again.

 

They've begun actual testing. And it works. The actual real prime minister actually went for a real ride on it last week. Three weeks before they put the PM on it, they made a bunch of school kids go on the first test drive just to make sure it was safe for the Right Honourable Member from Dusit, Mr Abhisit.

 

They haven't announced a target date for a while that I've seen. The last one I saw was an actual opening of both lines (express and local) in April. I wouldn't be surprised to see that moved up. The problem is not the railway itself, which is on time, under budget. It could have been operating by now -- months ago in fact. But the actual project has been severely held up by the State Railway workers' union. It's not entirely clear the union opposition has been overcome but it seems so as of now.

 

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Edited December 9, 2009 by joekicker

[ozijeff 9]

Thanks, that should make it easy for yellow shirts to get to poomi.