Mentors Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 You mean tourist are arriving? Aren't they too scared to come?TH these tourists on the pic came from Phuket and going home. I post the pic just to show, Airport start to working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Long way to go yet...250K people to get out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Thought the last count was 250 billion. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Yes or when this is all over (or maybe when the next one will have started) the real figures will come out with only 60k people who were really stranded.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Thai airports reopens after PM ousted by court The airport received its first commercial airliner â?? a flight by the national airline Thai Airways from the resort island of Phuket â?? at 2:15 p.m. (0715 GMT). Six Thai Airways flights were scheduled to leave Suvarnabhumi later Wednesday for Sydney, New Delhi, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Seoul and Copenhagen. Regional budget carrier AirAsia said it will resume operations to and from Suvarnabhumi on Friday Thai Airways also planned to resume its full schedule of 30 flights a day out of the domestic Don Muang airport on Thursday. Officials had earlier planned to reopen Suvarnabhumi on Dec. 15, but advanced the date to Friday and then Wednesday after protesters left quickly, handing back the airports in good shape. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gXtkIJGFlHXR5qT3LIG2olEVZyFQD94R6DLG1 :smirk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Some airlines resume Suvarnabhumi operations A number of airlines yesterday resumed operations at Suvarnabhumi Airport, which was partially reopened eight days after antigovernment protesters stormed and overran Bangkok's main gateway. More flights will be available to and from the airport in the coming days. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/12/04/business/business_30090162.php I ckecked the schedule, THAI will arrive in my hometown tomorrow morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 [color:red]Airport to reopen[/color] Suvarnabhumi International Airport returns to full operations on Friday, December 5, the same day of His Majesty the King's birthday. (BangkokPost.com) - Suvarnabhumi International airport in Bangkok will be "open for full services including check-in and immigration" at 11am Friday, Airports of Thailand chief, Serirat Prasutanont declared in a statement. The airport siege by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) group lasted one week stranding more than 300,000 travellers. Thai Airways, Bangkok Airways, Singapore Airlines, China Airlines and Japan Airlines have put in requests to resume service, the airport chief said. Representatives from the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Air Transport Association and foreign embassies will visit the airport Friday to check on the safety and security of the airport. An initial inspection found no damage to taxiways, runways and key systems because the PAD demonstrators occupied only the front area of the passenger terminal, according to Civil Aviation Department chief, Chaisak Angsuwan. Many people are now shifting their attention to His Majesty the King, who will address the nation Thursday on the eve of his 81st birthday. Many are hoping His Majesty will give guidance for ending the country's political turmoil. http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=135165 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Did any of the tourist take souvenoirs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 This just from my inbox: [color:purple]Singapore Airlines to resume flights to and from Suvarnabhumi Airport Singapore Airlines plans the resumption of flights to and from Bangkokâ??s Suvarnabhumi Airport from Friday 5 December 2008. As a consequence, additional relief flights from U-Tapao will cease from 4 December 2008. Singapore Airlines is contacting customers who are booked to travel from U-Tapao on Friday to advise them of the change. However, customers are asked to be patient as Suvarnabhumi only re-opens for service on Friday, and some delays may be expected. SilkAir is also reducing its additional flights from Phuket to one per day (on top of the daily schedule of at least four flights) till Sunday, as capacity increases from Bangkok and demand for its relief flights tapers off. Schedules On Friday, Singapore Airlines plans three return flights between Singapore and Bangkok, plus one flight from Singapore to Bangkok then onto Tokyo Narita. From Saturday onwards, a three-times-daily return flight will operate, in addition to a flight in each direction between Bangkok and Tokyo Narita. Singapore Airlines will monitor demand in coming days to determine whether the capacity is in line with demand, and may make further schedule adjustments. Departure / Arrival, all times local Flights from Singapore to Bangkok Friday 5 December 2008 SQ972 10:30 / 11:55 SQ976 14:10 / 15:35 SQ980 16:30 / 17:55 SQ632 20:40 / 22:05 Saturday 6 December and beyond SQ970 08:45 / 10:10 SQ976 14:10 / 15:35 SQ632 20:40 / 22:05 Flights from Bangkok to Singapore Friday 5 December 2008 SQ975 13:05 / 16:30 SQ979 16:40 / 20:05 SQ981 19:05 / 22:30 Saturday 6 December and beyond SQ973 11:15 / 14:40 SQ631 15:40 / 19:05 SQ979 16:40 / 20:05 Flight from Bangkok to Tokyo Narita Daily from Friday 5 December 2008 SQ632 23:05 / 07:00+1 Flight from Tokyo Narita to Bangkok Daily from Saturday 6 December 2008 SQ631 09:25 / 14:40 Flight schedules subject to change â?? check for particular days on singaporeair.com under Flight Status.[/color] So evidently the PAD protesters were better behaved than even I gave them credit for -- if they had damaged anything, the foreign carriers would no be back so fast and operations would not have been able to be back 100% in less than three days. Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Yes, I think the "thousands" of stranded pax that CNN was still showing up until about Monday were from last Wednesday. I'm still waiting for someone (not an airplane) that was "hostage" or even "stranded" at the airport. Perturbed and inconvenienced, ok - lots of those people. And would like to hear from anyone who gets their THB 2,000 per day :smirk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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