Horneytorney Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 now with the second runway closed for over 2 months, all arrivals and departures on one runway and the budget carriers not yet moved back to Don Muang, most of the flights seem to be delayed arrived this week on a long haul flight and had to circle for over 20 minutes west of Bangkok, which added up to a total delay of 90 minutes. And that was in the later afternoon, no peaktime at all. tomorrow I have a departing flight during peak time! expect to get bad or maybe they give TG some preference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted July 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 and last night they had to close the only remaining runway for one hour due to a crack! what a mess from the Nation: AOT is fixing crack on West Runway The Nation July 6, 2012 2:57 pm Airports of Thailand Plc, the operator of Suvarnabhumi Airport, is fixing the crack on the West Runway found last night. The crack, spanning for one feet, prompted the closure of the runway during 8.30-9.30pm last night for fixing. An official of the company attributed the crack to water infiltration during the floods. A number of 11 flights were diverted to U-Tapao, Don Mueang and Chiang Mai airports during the closure. At present, the East Runway was closed for maintenance. AOT, which has a plan to make Suvarnabhumi one of the world’s top airport, has not yet posted any announcement on its website. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/AOT-is-fixing-crack-on-West-Runway-30185636.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Hmmm ... Thaksin got a Post reporter fired and the editor demoted form daring to print reports of cracks in the runways. The Nation had better hope he doesn't come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 If they had started on my request for a second international airport at Pattaya, none of this would be an issue. Might have some very confused tourists wandering around Walking St, but nothing new there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 and last night they had to close the only remaining runway for one hour due to a crack! what a mess from the Nation: AOT is fixing crack on West Runway The Nation July 6, 2012 2:57 pm Airports of Thailand Plc, the operator of Suvarnabhumi Airport, is fixing the crack on the West Runway found last night. The crack, spanning for one feet, prompted the closure of the runway during 8.30-9.30pm last night for fixing. An official of the company attributed the crack to water infiltration during the floods. Remember the crash of the Concorde? It was caused by debris on the runway. I guess severe cracks could produce debris as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Airport says runway subsidence 'just wear and tear' Suvarnabhumi airport general manager Somchai Sawasdeepon is insisting Thursday's subsidence on the western runway was caused by normal wear and tear. But airline managers yesterday questioned if the airfield had been built with proper civil engineering techniques and high-standard construction materials. An area of 3,600 sq cm (60cm by 60cm) at the northern part of the western runway was found to have subsided by 5cm about 8pm on Thursday night. The airport was closed for repairs about 8.30pm. It also forced 11 aircraft to divert to three other airports _ three to Don Muang, seven to U-tapao and one to Chiang Mai, the Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) said. The western runway was reopened at 9pm when the repair work had been completed. ''It could be problems associated with the airport restructuring, technology adopted for construction and the quality of construction materials,'' said a senior manager of an European airline, who asked to remain anonymous. But Mr Somchai yesterday insisted the problem was due to heavy use of the western runway as the other runway, on the eastern side, has been closed for an overlay since June 11. The western runway is pending its first complete overlay since Suvarnabhumi opened in September 2006 and the AoT expects to carry out the work next year. ''There is wear and tear for an airport which has handled some 1.5 million flights,'' Mr Somchai said, stressing the airport's safety should not be put in doubt as the AoT has safety standards to maintain. However, Thailand-based managers for international airlines said they were astonished by the large number of ''soft surface'' problems. Marisa Pongpattanapun, chairwoman of the Airline Operators Committee, a coalition of global airline managers at Suvarnabhumi, yesterday stopped short of criticising the airport's quality, but urged the AoT to run thorough checks and see if anything else needs to be fixed to prevent problems recurring. She urged the AoT to keep in mind the extra financial burden that airlines have to bear because of the glitches. My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted July 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 flew out on TG last night plane took off 45-50 minutes after official departure time, so around 20-30 minutes delay most of the departing flight were delayed in this range. they do not seem to give priority to any airline as at other places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Airport says runway subsidence 'just wear and tear' Suvarnabhumi airport general manager Somchai Sawasdeepon heheheheh...Somchai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted July 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 flew into Swampy last night. Plane would have arrived around 15 minutes early but then we circled nearly one hour over Khao Yai resulting in a delay of around 40 minutes. dam it! and we also had to use the bus as the plane did not dock at a gate. Heard from a airport employee, that also a lot of gates are currently broken! dam it! second runway seems to be still completely closed despite some announcements saying the opposite heard that they are building a new airport in Beijing with 9 (!) runways! Frankly 2 runways are not sufficient for a airport the size of Swampy and if they have to close one for repair, it is a total mess for 2 months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Two runways is pathetic, particularly when it was a 'greenfields' site (ok, swamp..) - even Sydney has three and there is endless debate about the need for a fourth (versus building a second airport waaaay out west). Did you ever fly into KLIA ? Havent seen a trip report .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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