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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Tuesday 20 June 2006 :-
All flights must use new airport from Sept 28, 2006
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Suvarnabhumi international airport will handle all regular commercial flights into Bangkok from Sept 28, caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced yesterday.
Mr Thaksin, who chaired a meeting of the Suvarnabhumi airport development committee yesterday, based his announcement on briefings he received on progress in the airport's construction.
Progress and system checks justified the confidence that Suvarnabhumi could take over all regular commercial operations from Don Muang airport in one go at 3am on Sept 28, he said.
He had ordered Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) to inform all airlines flying into Bangkok of the decision.
A plan for Don Muang airport to serve low-cost airlines had been cancelled, Mr Thaksin said.
"All regular commercial flights will switch to Suvarnabhumi, while Don Muang airport will, from then on, serve only government and military flights, along with private and charter flights," he said.
Don Muang could be used to reduce the workload of Suvarnabhumi in the future if the new airport reaches its full capacity of serving 45 million passengers annually, he said.
Don Muang's air passenger volume stands at 39 million annually.
Caretaker Transport Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal expected Suvarnabhumi to be at full capacity in three years.
The first international terminal building and the domestic terminal at Don Muang would be maintained for possible future use. The second international terminal would be developed into a museum and exhibition complex.
Mr Pongsak said expanding Suvarnabhumi had not been discussed seriously yet to protect the price of AOT shares.
Ahead of Sept 28, Thai Airways International, Bangkok Airways, PB Air, Nok Air, One-Two-Go and Thai AirAsia would direct some of their non-connecting domestic flights to land at Suvarnabhumi from July 29 for real tests. But flights out of Bangkok would depart from Don Muang as usual.
There would be enough public transport services and facilities available to serve passengers of the selected flights from July 29 onwards, and the passengers would also receive special certificates to mark their early appearance at the new airport, said Mr Pongsak.
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Posted on: 1:14 am on June 20, 2006
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Yurune
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I had an long chat with one of the Project Managers the other day.
He said it will open, but will not be ready and he thinks it could end up as a big embarrassment for Thailand.
The building is ready, the systems most definately are not. The interfaces between the airport system and airline systems are nowhere near ready and will be untested by this date.
Thaksin wants it open prior to the election and will stop at nothing to achieve this. Apparently he has stopped llistening to anything other than what he wants to hear, and even some of the senior Thais on the project are worried about the end result.
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Posted on: 3:35 am on June 20, 2006
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Gyaos
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Any info on buses or trains going to and from this "new" airport? This is going to be a drag when it comes to efficiency. I just figured out how to go to and from the current airport cheaply and wisely. Now I have to figure it all out again.
You know they should open up a depot inside the city for the A100 - A400 buses. A place that we all can go to as a starting point, rather than waiting at the bus stops. Sure would be nice!
Any Aircon express train to the BTS?
Gyaos.
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Posted on: 10:38 am on June 20, 2006
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Quote: from Gyaos on 11:39 pm on June 20, 2006
I just figured out how to go to and from the current airport cheaply and wisely. Now I have to figure it all out again.
Great task ahead. I do not envy you. Hopefully you will not spend too many days working on this. Good luck.
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Posted on: 11:07 am on June 20, 2006
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Yurune
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Any Aircon express train to the BTS?
To the BTS....no...to Bangkok...yes...well...sorta.....due in about 2/3 years time. Highly visible, hundreds of columns stretching out towards the new airport.
Quick and efficient way to your hotel from new airport....taxi.....how cheap do you need?
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Posted on: 1:48 pm on June 20, 2006
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Not to long ago we had a new terminal open here at the Philadelphia, PA airport. After month's of delays it opened and what a disaster. It took quite a while for US Air to get everything straightened out.
I can imagine how difficult it must be to open a brand new airport.
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Posted on: 2:40 pm on June 20, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Wednesday 21 June 2006 :-
Carriers air test flight schedules
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Suvarnabhumi Airport will get busy on July 29 when six local airlines conduct 13 commercial test flights ahead of the planned opening on September 28.
"We want to extend the opportunity to Thais in all parts of the country to join the historic commercial test flights," said Chotisak Asapaviriya, president of Airports of Thailand Plc. "They will be the first passengers to use this airport."
AOT will give passengers on these flights special fare air tickets, souvenirs and certificates.
Thai Airways International, Nok Air, Thai AirAsia, Orient Thai, PB Air and Bangkok Airways have already submitted their flight plans to AOT. They will not be charged user fees and they will also receive free services from the Aeronautical Radio of Thailand and Thai Aviation Refuelling Co Ltd - the 90-per-cent owned subsidiary of Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services Plc.
The airport has been in the works for more than 40 years, but construction delays and claims of graft have repeatedly postponed its opening - first scheduled for September 2005.
Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Monday that the opening would not be delayed again and operations would start on September 28. After that, the current Bangkok International Airport will be used only by personal jets, small jets and chartered flights.
The government hopes the new airport, designed to initially serve up to 45 million passengers a year, will surpass rivals Singapore and Malaysia as the region's most important hub.
THAI plans to test three flights, said Vasing Kittikul, executive vice president for commercial affairs.
They are TG1881 from Suvarnabhumi to Phuket using a Boeing 747-400, TG1882 from Phuket to Suvarnabhumi using a Boeing 747-400, and TG2772 from Chiang Mai to Suvarnabhumi to Phuket using an Airbus A300-600.
"We're quoting special rates for any interested travellers," he told reporters.
Nok Air will operate two flights - DD6700 from Chiang Mai to Suvarnabhumi and DD6701 from Suvarnabhumi to Hat Yai.
Other flights are Orient Thai's OX127 from Chiang Mai to Suvarnabhumi and OX269 from Suvarnabhumi to Phuket, Thai AirAsia's FD3361 from Udon Thani to Suvarnabhumi and FD3151 from Suvarnabhumi to Narathiwat, PB Air's 9Q867 from Lampang to Suvarnabhumi and 9Q878 from Suvarnabhumi to Nakhon Phanom, and Bangkok Airways' PG311 from Trat to Suvarnabhumi and PG145 from Suvarnabhumi to Koh Samui.
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Posted on: 11:04 pm on June 20, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Wednesday 21 June 2006 :-
Commentary : Golden rules for the new airport
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By Boonsong Kositchotethana
Our Don Muang airport might not be a place where Victor Navorski, the lead character in Steven Spielberg's 2004 movie The Terminal, would like to be stranded.
Real-life frequent and occasional business and leisure travellers, as well as airline personnel, share a common frustration when they have to go through one of the world's oldest airports here in Bangkok.
Many of us have to put up with the deficiencies and inefficiency, which are very much in evidence at the airport, as parties involved do not seem to be making any serious effort to solve those chronic problems.
It is likely they have chosen to do little in the knowledge that Bangkok's main international airport will be moved to the much-delayed Suvarnabhumi Airport, hopefully on Sept 28 as lately promised.
But we can only pray that the state-controlled Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) and other parties involved will not carry over these unpleasant and sometimes nightmarish relics to the 125-billion-baht new facility.
What do we really want to avoid seeing recurring?
- The absolutely chaotic vehicular traffic conditions at the entrance to the departure halls of the terminals, unsystematically directed by security guards who seem addicted to unnecessary whistle-blowing and chasing off taxis with crude language on megaphones.
- The unjustified permission for "influential" people or those with connections to security guards to park their vehicles for extended periods at get-off areas.
- The sight of many armed security personnel at the entrance or on patrol. Plainclothesmen can perform the same duty without giving the jitters to passengers and tourists who might be scared off.
- Announcements, including those about flight departures, and paging, which are excessive to the point of becoming a form of noise pollution, as most of the world's airports have found out. Are we better with soothing light music?
- Those sorry trolleys whose wheels seem to be going in different directions or are broken from the axis.
- Long queues on the immigration lines due to insufficient numbers of duty officials and the reluctance on the part of Immigration authorities to put more men to work. This problem is compounded by the issue of processing proficiency among immigration officials, especially the elderly who take thrice the amount of time needed to complete one checking, which ideally should take 35 seconds. Furthermore, many of them are less than courteous and friendly.
- The inconvenience of having to pay the airport's passenger service charges at the departure halls. It should be included in the air ticket, a practice widely adopted throughout the world.
- Toilets with poor amenities i.e. lack of napkins, broken hand dryers, low quality toilet paper...
- The ingenuity of putting up small shops and stalls, Chatuchak market-style, in the hallways leading to the departure gates, creating bottlenecks to the otherwise smooth passenger flow and which are, indeed, an eyesore.
- Confusing, improperly placed or insufficient signs around the airport. Signs with internationally recognised symbols work better to overcome written language barriers.
- The inconvenience of boarding the plane through a crowded shuttle bus over a long distance to the remote aircraft parking area. Passengers should process directly to the aircraft through aerobridges connected to the gate.
- The extended delays in takeoffs and landings, which can be dealt with through improved air traffic management. Being made to circle the airport 15-20 minutes waiting to land is very wasteful and ruins passengers' travel experience.
- Slow baggage collection. Ideally, the first bag should arrive on the carousel less than 10 minutes after the aircraft door opens.
- The lack of places to lie down in the terminal's public area if we are exhausted, instead of just fixed, upright seating.
If many of these bottom-line issues are properly addressed, I have little doubt that Suvarnabhumi Airport will soon join the ranks as one of the world's best airports. After all, we pay for good services.
Boonsong Kositchotethana is Deputy Assignment Editor (Business), Bangkok Post.
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Posted on: 11:15 pm on June 20, 2006
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Will Smith
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PL69
Why?
Why do you do this to yourself?
Why do you torture yourself.
Are you waiting on a job at the new airport, is that why you do it?
Do you own the Taxi rank outside the International Arrivals at the new airport?
You are like a dog with 2 dicks when it comes to this subject!
What's the reason for it, please explain?
This is not ment as a flame.
Will
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Posted on: 12:07 pm on June 22, 2006
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koolbreez
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Oh this is going to be great, The new airport opens on the 28th., whether it's ready or not, and I land on the 2nd. Oh joy oh joy.
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Posted on: 9:36 pm on June 22, 2006
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