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Runways cracks not resulting from the construction – Airport of Thailand will meet the cost
May 4th, 2007Airports of Thailand may have to meet the cost of repairs to runways and taxiways at Suvarnabhumi airport because the damage is not covered by the contractor’s insurance, an Airports of Thailand source said yesterday.
”The contractor’s insurance covers only damage resulting from construction,” the source said.
”If there are other reasons for the damage, Airports of Thailand will have to meet the cost.”
Reports have laid the blame for cracks in some surfaces of runways, taxiways and taxilanes at Suvarnabhumi airport on excessive water underground.
The cracked areas cover about 78,000 square metres and repair costs were earlier estimated at 300 million to 500 million baht.
Suvarnabhumi Airport’s Integrated Air Traffic Control System
May 2nd, 2007With one of the tallest air traffic control towers in the world and one of the most automated Air Traffic Control Systems with the latest in safety equipment, Bangkok’s new airport , Suvarnabhumi, is poised for the kind of rapid traffic growth expected in Asia during the next few decades.
It’s not that Suvarnabhumi Airport hasn’t had its problems. Its $3.8-billion construction cost has been a matter of political controversy since a military coup last September ousted the elected government that conceived the project. And runway cracks, though repairable, and other less publicized defects have been spotlighted by critics intent on proving that the previous government made a mess of things. Still, the green-field facility has room for more runways in the future, and it has the potential to become one of the main aviation hubs in the region.
Thai Airways loses customers after moving back to Don Muang airport
April 28th, 2007Thai Airways International‘s decision to move a large part of its domestic services to the old Don Muang airport has resulted in a loss of tens of thousands of passengers who require connecting flights.
The flag carrier could have lost as many as 70,000 foreign travellers, who were transferring from international flights to domestic destinations or travelling from domestic routes to overseas, since Thai Airways started operating through the 93-year-old airport on March 25, 2007.
These travellers have turned to other carriers due to the hassle and long wait in connecting with international flights – all of which run through Suvarnabhumi Airport, a time-consuming 27 km away.
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