Noveau rebondissements dans l'affaire du nouvel aéroport de
Bangkok:
Dans une récente édition, le
Bangkok Post faisait part d'une éventuelle fermeture temporaire d'une des 2 pistes de l'aéroport de Suvarnabumi (4 heures / nuit toutes les nuits). En cause: un taxiway irrégulier et des fêlures dans la piste. Rappelant également que l'aéroport est sous régime d'un certificat d'ouverture temporaire, le journal mentionne que Suvarnabumi doit encore recevoir de la part de l'ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) sa certification définitive. (Des inspecteurs de l'ICAO devraient rendre leur jugement en juin 2007).
Finalement, un comité mis en place par le pouvoir actuel a recommandé de différer de 6 mois l'inauguration officielle de l'aéroport (opérant déjà depuis le 28 septembre dernier) en présence de SM le roi.
Don Muang Airport re-opening March 25th 2007 Tags:
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Services for domestic direct flights at former
Bangkok international airport at
Don Muang can start from March 25, a senior official affirmed Sunday.
Flight Lieutenant Pinit Saraithong, general manager of
Don Muang Airport, said senior officials from both
Suvarnabhumi and
Don Muang airports met Friday and agreed that airlines which are operating domestic direct flights at
Suvarnabhumi could start operations at
Don Muang from March 25 on a voluntary basis. International flights can also switch to operate at
Don Muang if they wish.
He said repairs on the western flank of the runway at
Don Muang, closed since the opening of the new
Suvarnabhumi in late September last year, could be finished on March 2.
Preparations on the check-in system, customs checkpoint and shops at
Don Muang could be finished on time although it is still unclear how many airlines would be willing to operate direct flights at the former
Bangkok international airport, he said.
As the number of flights which will operate is still unknown, the international passenger terminal at
Don Muang which is now being used for chartered flights will be used for operations, he said.
Some domestic direct flights have already expressed intention to operate at
Don Muang while repairs on damaged sections of the runways and taxiways at
Suvarnabhumi are underway.