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Report from Bangkok Post dated Monday 26 March 2007 :-
Don Muang may host overseas flights again
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Thailand's main airport regulator will soon discuss the possible restoration of international flights at Don Muang Airport, which officially reopened for domestic flights on Sunday, according to a senior official.
Admiral Bannawit Kengrian, head of the National Legislative Assembly committee investigating Suvarnabhumi Airport problems, said that Airports of Thailand plans to renovate passenger lounges for international flights at Don Muang Airport while it awaited a clear policy from the government.
Adm Bannawit, who advises the AoT board chairman, said the board is expected to confer on services to be provided to international airlines at Don Muang during its next meeting.
Don Muang Airport was closed last September 28 on the opening of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok's Samut Prakan province. However, it was officially reopened today for domestic flights as the authorities believe it could help ease congestion at Suvarnabhumi Airport while workers repair cracks in taxiways and runways and build more restrooms and other facilities at the new airport.
Gift shops and restaurant facilities at Don Muang are not yet furnished but Adm Bannawit said he was optimistic they could be completed within a week.
The reopening of Don Muang has sent joy to vendors and motorcycle taxi drivers as they hope their earnings would increase.
Tawatchai Kompairee, a motorcycle taxi driver at Don Muang, said his income had dropped sharply after the closure of the airport almost six months ago and he wanted the government to keep Don Muang opened forever.
Mala Ngernsunthia, a coffee-shop employee at Suvarnabhumi Airport, said she traveled between the new and old airports daily and she hoped that her employer would open a branch at Don Muang if more airlines operate there. If her dream materialises, she said she would not have to travel as far as now.
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Monday 26 March 2007 :-
Don Muang reopening largely problem-free
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The reopening of Don Muang airport for domestic flights yesterday generally ran smoothly, although there were some flight delays.
A passenger also claimed she was misled by taxi drivers who told her that all domestic flights had been moved from Suvarnabhumi airport to Don Muang - causing her great inconvenience and added expense.
The atmosphere at Don Muang was lively, with many passengers arriving around 4am to check in.
One Thai passenger who had just returned from Germany with her kin and was booked on a flight to her home province of Sakon Nakhon said taxi drivers at Suvarnabhumi told her that all domestic flights had been moved to Don Muang.
They wanted to charge her 1,500 baht for the 60km journey. But she realised the fare was too high, and took another taxi to Don Muang for 500 baht.
But on arrival there she found that PB Air, which flies to Sakon Nakhon, is still operating from Suvarnabhumi airport, so she had to return to Suvarnabhumi.
THAI, Nok Air and One-Two-Go are operating from Don Muang.
Deputy Transport Minister Sansern Wongcha-um said he was satisfied with the smooth operation at Don Muang airport. He praised Airports of Thailand (AoT) for its efficient management and readiness.
The deputy minister, who visited the airport on Saturday night, said he would accompany Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen to check the readiness of the Air City Terminal, a multi-purpose check-in terminal at Lat Phrao subway station today.
THAI president Apinan Sumanaseni said the airline has added five more domestic flights from Suvarnabhumi airport to Krabi, Chiang Mai and Phuket, to facilitate the travel of passengers from overseas who wanted to connect to flights to those provinces.
He said THAI has set up a transport service counter at Suvarnabhumi airport to arrange shuttle buses for passengers to Don Muang.
As of 4pm yesterday, THAI operated a total of 19 outbound flights and 14 in-bound flights at Don Muang.
There were three flight delays due to aircraft rotation problems. About 3,000 passengers used THAI services at Don Muang yesterday.
AoT acting president Kulya Pakakrong said a study of the use of Don Muang was expected to be concluded in September.
If there was a new policy for airlines to move their international flights to Don Muang, AoT would ask the operators to move on a voluntary basis, she said.
Airport director Pinit Saraithong said AoT had coordinated with the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority to provide 10 Euro 2 buses to operate between Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi.
The buses, which will charge a flat 34 baht, will leave the airport every 30 minutes. THAI will also provide shuttle services from Don Muang to the Lat Phrao subway station.
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Posted on: 11:01 pm on Mar. 25, 2007
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Friday 30 March 2007 :-
Travellers flocking back to Don Mueang Airport - Airlines to add flights on high demand
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Carriers are reaping a windfall from operating through the reopened Don Mueang airport as more passengers feel comfortable travelling through the old site.
Thai Airways International, Nok Airlines and One-Two-Go Airlines have seen passenger travel volume leap ever since they moved their non-connecting domestic flights to the 93-year-old airport on Sunday.
Traveller reaction to the resurrection of the old airport was somewhat beyond airline expectations as passengers have become more prepared to take flights knowing they do not have to battle hassles, costs and time travelling to the troubled Suvarnabhumi Airport.
One of the trio saw its passenger volume through Don Mueang rise 20%, while the others noted stronger demand both from frequent and new air travellers despite the sluggish economy and subdued political situation.
''Yes, we are seeing a solid growth rate in our passenger numbers since we moved to Don Mueang,'' said Sehapan Chumsai, executive vice-president for marketing of Nok Airlines, known as Nok Air.
Udom Tantiprasongchai, the chief executive of One-Two-Go Airlines, said the increase in his airline's traffic had been positive.
''Passenger response to our flights through Don Mueang is definitely very positive as demonstrated by cabin factor records so far,'' a THAI executive said, adding that it was still too early to release traffic numbers.
Travellers and airline personnel alike are undoubtedly much happier at Don Mueang than at Suvarnabhumi, executives of the three airlines said.
Mr Sehapan noted that many frequent travellers and those who need to travel domestically were more prepared to fly than before, primarily because of all the convenience Don Mueang offers.
''Generally speaking, travel time and taxi fares to Don Mueang are less than going to Suvarnabhumi,'' he explained.
Furthermore, these passengers know that they do not have to endure the crowding at Suvarnabhumi and taking a long walk to the boarding gates that can be hard to find, he added.
National carrier THAI and the two budget airlines - Nok Air and One-Two-Go - offer 140 flights a day, handling about 20,000 passengers, through Don Mueang's old domestic terminal.
Encouraged by passenger enthusiasm, both Nok Air and One-Two-Go are ramping up their flights through Don Mueang.
One-Two-Go is adding ten to the 28 daily flights it offered when starting operations through Don Mueang on Sunday.
Mr Udom said in an interview that the airline intended to inaugurate four new routes _ to Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Phitsanulok and Khon Kaen _ tentatively in mid-May.
One-Two-Go will soon add two 172-seat MD-82 twin-jet aircraft to its fleet of six MD-82s, before adding another two towards August or Sept this year.
Nok Air wants to step up flight frequency over its existing routes as soon as it gets its seventh B737-400 scheduled early next month.
''The aircraft will enable us to offer ten flight sectors each day,'' said Mr Sehapan.
He added that a a plan was also in the pipeline for Nok Air to introduce three additional domestic routes, from Bangkok to Chiang Rai, Surat Thani and Ubon Ratchathani, in the third quarter of this year.
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Posted on: 1:20 am on Mar. 30, 2007
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merijn
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Does anybody now how long it takes to transfer from Dom Mueang to Suvaranbumi airport by the bus which provided by Thai Airways.
Thai Cancelled the TG-226 flight to Suvaranbumi airport and i'm forced to go to Don Mueang instead.
My international flight leaves at 12:30 AM but the fist domestic flight arrives at Don Mueang at 10:50 (TG-1204 )
If I can't make this connection i'm forced to stay overnight in Bangkok and I don't know if Thai pays this for me. ( both flight are on Thai )
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Posted on: 1:26 pm on April 2, 2007
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If you have to handle your own luggage transfer you won't make it, if not you might.
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Posted on: 10:09 am on April 3, 2007
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ColoradoGuy
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TG uses a 3 hour 30 minute MCT (Minimum Connection Time) between BKK and DMK. It will likely take less time but that is what TG uses for a legal connection.
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Posted on: 10:45 am on April 3, 2007
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Thursday 5 April 2007 :-
Airport taxis to change lanes : Taxi stands to move to arrivals on 2nd floor
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Suvarnabhumi airport is preparing to relocate public taxi stands to the second floor of the main airport building, on the same floor as the arrivals terminal, pushing out influential private limousine operators. Suvarnabhumi airport director Serirat Prasutanond said yesterday that taxi stands would move up from the frontal road on the first floor of the passenger terminal to the second floor after the Songkran festival ends on April 17.
Passengers arriving at the airport exit from immigration and customs checks on the second floor of the airport building.
Mr Serirat said the new system was in line with the original plans set out for transport services at the airport.
''I am not concerned about what was arranged before I took office, but the current objective is to solve problems systematically by focusing on providing the most convenience for passengers by returning to the original plan,'' said Mr Serirat who, took up his position in February.
''This may affect some groups but it must be understood for the sake of problem solving.''
Buses will also be allowed to pick up passengers from the frontal road on the second floor instead of waiting at the remote bus terminal located away from the main terminal building.
Limousine services and vehicles of hotel associations and group tour operators will be relocated from the second floor down to the first floor.
Mr Serirat said the change was aimed at providing the most convenience to the majority of passengers. Limousine services are only used by a limited group of passengers, he said.
He also said the illegal but influential groups of limousine service providers were cashing in at Suvarnabhumi and that airport authorities had been catching up to 250 illegal limousine operators every day.
Passengers have complained about the difficulties of finding the public taxi stands at the new airport, prompting officials to put more signs to direct passengers from the arrivals hall.
But the measures had not been enough to quell the complaints.
Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, a civil servant who often uses the airport, said that the lack of signs had meant that in the past, she had been duped into using expensive taxi services on the second floor.
She said putting the taxis on the first floor was inconvenient for arriving passengers carrying luggage, and complained of a lack of elevators which meant long queues often formed within the terminal building for people wanting to get to the waiting taxis on the first floor.
Another frequent user of the airport, actor Karunpon Tieansuwan, said that all he ever saw after coming through immigration were signs for limousine services and the loud and brash attempts of their staff trying to coax him into using their services.
''I don't understand why illegal taxi and limousine services are allowed to solicit passengers wanting to go to the city even though there are police and security guards standing right in front of them,'' he said.
According to a source at Airports of Thailand (AoT), former AoT chairman Srisook Chandrangsu had changed the public transport floor plan a few weeks before Suvarnabhumi airport opened on Sept 28 last year.
The changed was criticised for favouring limousine operators who charge 700-1,500 baht for destinations within Bangkok and at least 2,500 baht for other destinations
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Posted on: 1:31 am on April 5, 2007
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DaffyDuck
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You know, people do read multiple threads, so you don't need to spam-post in your efforts to maintain your daily quota of posts. Posting the same message in multiple threads is 'spam'
From the rules:
4Spamming
No poster should post the same message over several forums (this is considered as spamming), just pick an appropriate forum and post it there. Violators will be banned immediately.
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Posted on: 9:25 am on April 5, 2007
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Daffy how long have you been a policeman?
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Posted on: 10:37 am on April 5, 2007
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Quote: from DaffyDuck on 11:10 pm on April 5, 2007
You know, people do read multiple threads, so you don't need to spam-post in your efforts to maintain your daily quota of posts. Posting the same message in multiple threads is 'spam'
A thousand apologies to all !
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Posted on: 11:12 am on April 5, 2007
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