The conferences, exhibitions and incentives industry fears there will be more problems at
Suvarnabhumi as it reaches capacity, little more than a year after its opening.
Pathfinders Travel managing director Ashley Monterio, whose company specialises in the
Indian incentive market, cited the logistics problems of managing two international
airports and urged the Airports of Thailand (AOT) to urgently recommence plans to expand Suvarnabhumi.
“I agree with THAI. Having two airports would really be a headache for us and our clients as logistics are always an issue,” he said.
Suvarnabhumi has a capacity of 45 million passengers annually and it has handled 41.8 million people from October last year to last September.
“The original master plan of the airport was to have a handling capacity of around 65 million
passengers, so all this means is expanding it sooner rather than later,” says Monterio.
“If Bangkok is to be the region’s leading aviation hub, we must have capacity which cannot be built overnight.”
AOT will decide before the end of the year if some nonconnecting international flights
will return to Don Muang.
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