Bangkok International Airport News

Security Stepped Up In Bangkok After Bomb Warning

January 17, 2012

Security was beefed up in the two main airports and areas popular with tourists in the Thai capital Bangkok after police discovered bomb-making materials.
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Airports Of Thailand Passenger Numbers Up

December 28, 2011

Airports of Thailand reported that passenger numbers at its six airports rose 15.46 percent to 66.3 million in its fiscal year ending September 2011.
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Bangkok Airport Expansion To Be Speeded Up

December 14, 2011

The expansion of Bangkok's main international airport is to be accelerated as part of a plan to develop it as a regional air transport hub.
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Bangkok Flood Threat Receding - PM

October 29, 2011

Receding floodwaters north of Bangkok have reduced the threat to the Thai capital, the prime minister said on Saturday, but a rise in coastal high tides in the Gulf of Thailand will still test the city's flood barricades.
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Thai AirAsia Sees Flood Cancellations

October 27, 2011

Extensive flooding in Thailand has caused about 15 percent of Chinese tourists to cancel their booking, Thai AirAsia chief executive Tassapon Bijleveld told reporters.
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Nok Air Halts Flights From Don Muang

October 25, 2011

Thai budget carrier Nok Air, majority owned by Thai Airways, said on Tuesday it had stopped domestic flights from Don Muang airport in Bangkok with immediate effect until November 1.
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Thai Air May Reduce Int'l Flights As Floods Hit

October 25, 2011

Thai Airways said on Tuesday it might reduce international flights from Bangkok's main Suvarnabhumi airport due to a shortage of staff because flooding has made living and travel conditions difficult in the capital.
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Don Muang Airport To Close Due To Floods

October 25, 2011

Bangkok's Don Muang airport will temporarily halt operations from 5 pm local time on Tuesday due to flooding in the area, its general manager, Kanpat Mangkalasiri, said on Tuesday.
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Budget Airlines Ride Crest of SE Asia Boom

October 21, 2011

Five years after Southeast Asia's biggest airport by passenger capacity opened in Bangkok, hailed as the dawn of a new breed of Asian mega-airports, the sleek, wave-shaped passenger terminal is already running at over-capacity.
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AOT Sees 2012 Passenger Growth of 5-6 Pct

October 7, 2011

Airports of Thailand said on Friday that it expected passenger traffic at Bangkok's main Suvarnabhumi Airport to rise 5-6 percent to more than 50 million in its fiscal year ending September 2012.
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