Mentors Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 [color:red]Suvarnabhumi to welcome incoming flights[/color] The Peopleâ??s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Tuesday accepted the Airports of Thailand (AOT)â??s demand to allow incoming flights to use Suvarnabhumi airport after the Constitution Court dissolved the People Power, Chart Thai and Matchimathipataya parties on charges of electoral fraud. The first incoming flight to the international airport is expected to be within 24 hours. http://www.bangkokpost.com/021208_News/02Dec2008_breaking05.php :alert: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldFun Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 well lets see I think I read some more 5 days to wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Swiss and German Newspapers confirms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hardy641 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 This is all still very confusing! Flights expected to resume within 24h but there is another article in BkkPost quoting official that it will take at least 7 days for Suvarnabhumi to re-pen once the protesters have left. What's true? or better whatâ??s realistic? Suvaranbhumi to resume in 7 days, if PAD leaves (BangkokPost.com) - Airports of Thailand (AOT) acting president Serirat Pasutanond said Suvarnabhumi airport could resume operation in about a week once the anti-government protesters led by the Peopleâ??s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leave the airport. Mr Serirat expected it would take authorities approximately seven days to check the readiness of Suvarnabhumi once the protesters leave. He said 88 aircrafts stranded at Suvarnabhumi are gradually being released to transport the remaining passengers from the U-Tapao airport in Rayong province. AirAsia announced that the airliner had arranged special flights from Chiang Mai, Phuket and U-Tapao airports to more than 10 destinations to facilitate stranded passengers. People can log on to www.airasia.com for further information. Thai Airways also offered 14 outgoing flights from U-Tapao, one flight from Chiang Mai airport, two flights from Phuket airport, 16 incoming flights to U-Tapao, a flight to Chiang Mai airport and two flights to Phuket airport. link: [color:blue]http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=135126[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Suvarnabhumi airport to resume service soon : PAD and AOT Suvarnabhumi International Airport will resume its service as soon as technical officials examined functional and operational system, joint panel between People's Alliance for Democracy and the Airports Authority of Thailand. The panel set up to solve the airport crisis is attended by PAD's co-leader Somkiart Pongpaiboon, AOT's president Wutthipun Wichairat and AOT's advisor to the president ACM Kittisak Ratprasert. Somkiat said that the meeting agreed that all flights in and out the airport will be resumed as normal. PAD which has seized the airport since last week will divide channels and space for passengers from the protesters. The panel will examine assets inside and outside the airport to check if there was any damage before returning the areas to AOT. Somkiat said he could not say for now when officially the airport will resume the service because he has to talk with other PAD's co-leaders. Meanwhile Wutthipun said that AOT will jointly inspect the readiness of the airport with PAD as soon as possible. "I think that Suvarnabhumi Airport will be able to be re-opened within 24 hours," he said. Referring to checkpoints set up by PAD at the entrances of the airport, AOT and PAD will jointly conduct the screening of passengers into the airport. "First priority of the work is to clean all the passengers' buildings and to remove tones of garbages from the areas," he said. Meanwhile an informed source said AOT told PAD that the airport should be resumed the service on December 3. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30090017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Suvarnabhumi International Airport will remain closed to passenger flights until at least Dec 15 due to the disruption caused by anti-government protesters. Airports Authority of Thailand's acting director Serirat Prasutanont said that the country's main airport has lost more Bt350 million due to the closure of the protesters. But the airport allowed the cargo flights to land on Tuesday, the first flights were expected to arrive later the day. People's Alliance for Democracy has led anti-government protesters to seize the airport since last week. The extension of the suspension for passenger flights is made although AOT and PAD met on Tuesday and agreed that the airport will resume its service as soon as technical officials examined functional and operational system,. The panel set up to solve the airport crisis is attended by PAD's co-leader Somkiart Pongpaiboon, AOT's president Wutthipun Wichairat and AOT's advisor to the president ACM Kittisak Ratprasert. Somkiat said that the meeting agreed that all flights in and out the airport will be resumed as normal. PAD which has seized the airport since last week will divide channels and space for passengers from the protesters. The panel will examine assets inside and outside the airport to check if there was any damage before returning the areas to AOT. Somkiat said he could not say for now when officially the airport will resume the service because he has to talk with other PAD's co-leaders. Meanwhile Wutthipun said that AOT will jointly inspect the readiness of the airport with PAD as soon as possible. "I think that Suvarnabhumi Airport will be able to be re-opened within 24 hours," he said. Referring to checkpoints set up by PAD at the entrances of the airport, AOT and PAD will jointly conduct the screening of passengers into the airport. "First priority of the work is to clean all the passengers' buildings and to remove tones of garbages from the areas," he said. Meanwhile an informed source said AOT told PAD that the airport should be resumed the service on December 3. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardy641 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 This article just shows how confused everybody and how unclear the situation still remains. In one and the same article you can find 2 opposing statements: First: Suvarnabhumi International Airport will remain closed to passenger flights until at least Dec 15 due to the disruption caused by anti-government protesters. Further down in the same article: "I think that Suvarnabhumi Airport will be able to be re-opened within 24 hours," he said. Referring to checkpoints set up by PAD at the entrances of the airport, AOT and PAD will jointly conduct the screening of passengers into the airport. "First priority of the work is to clean all the passengers' buildings and to remove tones of garbages from the areas," he said. Meanwhile an informed source said AOT told PAD that the airport should be resumed the service on December 3. What's true now???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 That PAD will continue to own the airport and they allow AOT to operate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Suvarnabhumi to welcome incoming flights (BangkokPost.com) - The Peopleâ??s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Tuesday accepted the Airports of Thailand (AOT)â??s demand to allow incoming flights to use Suvarnabhumi airport after the Constitution Court dissolved the People Power, Chart Thai and Matchimathipataya parties on charges of electoral fraud. The first incoming flight to the international airport is expected to be within 24 hours. The Airports of Thailand (AOT) announced that Suvarnabhumi will resume full operation on December 15, starting 6pm. Cargo services are now ready at the airport. BANGKOK POST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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