Early opening possible for the new Suvarnabhumi Airport
August 8th, 2006
Suvarnabhumi International Airport could be opened for commercial service 2 weeks prior to the 28th September launch day but only for certain domestic flights with no connections required. However, source says that the major airlines with domestic networks including Thai Airways Internatonal, Bangkok Airways, Thai AirAsia, One-Two-Go, Nok Air and PB Air have not been consulted about starting flights on September 15 2006 at Suvarnabhumi Airport.
The schedule for all internatoinal flights and the rest of the country’s domestic services to shift to the new site on September 28 remains unchanged.
Thai Airways will conduct two internationanl test flights to and from the new Suvarnabhumi Airport on September 01. Theose flights are open only to airline employees, who were offered one-night air-hotel packages to Singapore and Hong Kong for about THB 5,000.00
Source: Bangkok Post, August 08 2006
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