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karatecatman · Guest

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After Suvarnambhoomi headaches, Thailand considers reopening Dom Muang

BANGKOK, Dec 21, 2006 (UNI)
The Thai government is considering reopening Bangkok’s old international airport, just three months after it closed to make way for the much-heralded Suvarnabhumi airport, an official said Thursday.
Chiaisak Angkasuwan, director general of the civil aviation department, said there was a chance commercial flights would resume at Don Muang airport because of unsolved problems at Suvarnabhumi, which means ’golden land’ in Thai.
‘‘We are considering reopening Don Muang airport as problems at Suvarnabhumi airport have yet to be resolved due to poor management,’’ said Chiaisak.
‘‘Don Muang could be reopened for domestic flights and those of low-cost airlines and certain long distance international flights, where image is important, but I could not say when,’’ he said. The decades-old Don Muang closed its operations on September 28 when all commercial flights moved to Suvarnabhumi airport, which the government boasted would be Southeast Asia’s largest aviation hub.
But almost three months after opening, the new airport has lingering problems led by inadequate bathrooms and seating areas, dirtiness and safety concerns for female flight attendants, who have complained of sexual harassment by construction workers at the site.
Low-cost airline operators have asked airport officials to let them move back to Don Muang, saying the new airport has become congested and their costs rose after relocation to Suvarnabhumi.
Suvarnabhumi, located 25 kilometres (15 miles) east of Bangkok, cost 113 billion baht (three billion US dollars) and has the initial capacity to serve 45 million passengers a year.

the_380 · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject:

Sad to see such problems with such an airport... Didn't they consider the above points when they built the airport?
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Any major infrastructural project will have initial probs. But they should sort them out eventually.
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karatecatman · Guest

Dec. 25, 2006
BBC has said that the Thai government is discussing partial closure of Suvarabhumi Airport for repairs just three months after its ‘‘soft’’ launch.
Dom Munag is to be reopened and might get back a majority of the flights.

A top level team has found that the major problems that need attention are: the airport’s information technology facilities that are incomplete, the car park building that has no drains causing rain water to flow into elevator shafts and electronics control room and huge cracks in the airport’s taxiways.
There are also huge ‘‘irregularities in almost all the airport’s contracts.’’ Though Suvarnabhumi was opened on September 28, an ‘‘official’’ launch is to be done by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who gave the airport the name Suvarnabhumi (pronounced soo-wanna-poom), or ‘‘Golden Land,’’ after Marco Polo’s description of South-East Asia in his travels, says BBC.