BANGKOK”S futuristic Suvarnabhumi Airport, which opened in a political
sense last September, is now due to receive its first regular
scheduled service this coming September, according to reports out of
Thailand. In the meantime the airport, whose name means "golden land"
in Thai, has been jogging along for more than 40 years but
construction delays and claims of financial irregularities have
repeatedly postponed its opening. The latest schedule for commercial
opening is 28 September. On 29 July six airlines including flag
carrier Thai Airways International, Thailand”s biggest private airline
Bangkok Airways and budget carrier Thai AirAsia, will make test flights
, it is said. However there are allegations that only Thai airlines
have been invited as the airport does not meet ICAO standards. The
new airport, with an initial capacity of 45m will relieve Bangkok”s
current Don Muang Airport currently accommodating 38.5m passengers
annually although it was designed to handle only 36m.
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