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Cabinet approves re-opening of Don Muang Airport
February 20th, 2007The cabinet on Tuesday approved the reopening of Bangkok’s 92-year-old Don Muang Airport on March 25 to handle domestic flights while the capital’s new but problem-plagued Suvarnabhumi Airport will handle mainly international travel.
Government spokesman Yongyuth Maiyalarp said the cabinet had decided to reopen Don Muang to handle only domestic flights and it would be up to the airlines themselves to decide which airport they will use.
So far, Thai Airways International (THAI) has agreed to operate its domestic routes from Don Muang as has its affiliate Nok Air and two other privately owned Thai airlines, One-Two-Go and PB Air, Mr Yongyuth said.
Suvarnabhumi Airport’s Immigration officers undergoing ‘personality training’
February 19th, 2007Immigration officers are undergoing ‘personality training’ to teach them how to project a friendlier face at Suvarnabhumi airport.
The Immigration Bureau has sent 1,200 immigration officers on the so-called Sawasdee Project following rising complaints that staff at the new airport are unfriendly.
The programme on personality development, which is being provided by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University’s Human Capital Development Centre, aims to teach commissioned and non-commissioned police how best to conduct themselves when greeting visitors.
Thai Airways to keep international flights at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport
February 15th, 2007Thai Airways plans to continue using Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport for international flights, despite government plans to reopen the city’s old airport because of needed repairs at the new facility, a top airline executive said.
The national carrier has not yet decided whether to relocate certain domestic flights to Don Muang Airport, if and when the old Bangkok airport is reopened, Thai Airways president Apinan Sumanaseni said after a board meeting Wednesday.
Thai Airways said it saw no need to switch international flights to Don Muang, which could prove confusing to travelers, since the new airport was “safe for operation,” Apinan said, adding that the carrier had already invested 17 billion baht (US$510 million, €390 million) to relocate to Suvarnabhumi.
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