4/16/2008 at 9:30 AM
Tags: Suvarnabhumi Airport, Trains, Airports (all tags)
Air travel in Bangkok needs some good news after all the disasters with their new Suvarnabhumi Airport. The news is that the fast Skytrain Airport Link is, uh, on track to open by December this year, making life a whole lot easier for anyone trying to get to the airport.
The airport-bound Skytrain will connect Suvarnabhumi with the almost-built City Air Terminal. The new building will have full check-in facilities where passengers will get boarding cards and check their baggage, then board a train to the airport with their baggage being loaded separately.
Fifteen minutes later, you'll be out of the city and in the airport, already checked in and ready to wait around for your boarding call. It sounds almost too relaxing to be true, so we'll wait until December to see how it holds up in reality.
Related Stories:
· Zip to the Airport [The Nation]
· Bangkok's New Airport Is In Trouble [Jaunted]
[Photo: sunchild_dd]
by amandak
9/04/2007 at 9:15 AM
Tags: A380, Suvarnabhumi Airport (all tags)
What's the dumbest thing to do with a plane when you've got VIPs and journalists on board one of its maiden flights? Crash. But that's kinda what the crew managed to do at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport over the weekend.
"Crash" could be taking things a bit too far, but scraping the tip of your aircraft's wing against a building doesn't give a good impression either. The plane sustained only minor damage and was able to fly four hours later, and the "Asian roadshow" of the A380 is continuing. Hopefully with pilots who didn't get their training at LAX.
Related Stories:
· New Airbus A380 Scrapes Wing in Bangkok [AP]
· Airbus A380 coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Ian Fuller]
by amandak
9/27/2006 at 10:26 AM
Tags: Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thai Coup, Airports (all tags)
Just over a week ago tanks rolled through Bangkok and deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. While the International community is still sorting out all the coup implications, what we need to know is, if you have a trip planned to Thailand in the near future, can you still fly to Thailand?
Well, as far as we know all airlines are operating on a normal schedule in and out of Don Muang airport. Furthermore, ousted PM Thaksin's pet project, the oft delayed Suvarnabhumi Airport is scheduled to open as scheduled tomorrow.
This $3.8 billion project, first conceived in 1960 (yeah), has a longer and shadier history than Boston's Big Dig. Kick backs, protests, and many, many delays.
The 45 year long project easily sets the record for the longest airport project ever.
A 17-mile Airport Link under construction will include a 15-minute express train to downtown Bangkok, and another train that will make multiple stops to the city, taking 30 minutes to the airport. It is scheduled for completion in November 2007--we shall see.
Related stories:
Bangkok's new airport opens after coup [Boston.com]
Thai Air at Suvarnabhumi Airport [Thai Air]
by markj
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