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AoT claims new terminal is justified
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 05/10/2018
» Suvarnabhumi airport's 42-billion-baht (US$1.3-billion) new terminal is justified despite the recent controversy surrounding its cost and design, Airports of Thailand (AoT) officials said on Thursday.
AoT defends move to build new terminal
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 04/10/2018
» The Transport Ministry has announced Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) has "nothing to prove" in the construction of Suvarnabhumi airport's planned second passenger terminal, following criticism from engineers and architects citing the authority has deviated from the airport's original master plan.
New terminal design 'must prove merit'
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 29/09/2018
» The Council of Engineers (CoE) has urged Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) to prove the merit of a favoured design for a new passenger terminal at Suvarnabhumi airport.
New terminal strays from plan
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 27/09/2018
» The Architect Council of Thailand (ACT) will submit a petition to the prime minister on Monday, detailing the irregularities it found in Suvarnabhumi airport's planned passenger terminal, according to its president.
New airspace plan 'will double flights'
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 13/09/2018
» Thailand's airspace capacity will double from one million to two million flights per year if it successfully introduces a new one-way aircraft route plan in three years' time, the new Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd (Aerothai) president Somnuk Rongthong says.
Mae Sot International to open by year-end
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 03/09/2018
» TAK: The much awaited new passenger terminal at Mae Sot Airport will open by the end of this year, according to the Department of Airports (DOA).
No justice for miracle man
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 22/07/2018
» In late May, local news was flooded with stories about a man who miraculously survived after a 46-tonne cargo container toppled off an 18-wheeler truck and crushed his Toyota Fortuner, flattening the vehicle while he was still inside.
Striving for safer passage of goods
Spectrum, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 22/07/2018
» The European Union (EU) has commissioned Thailand to conduct training workshops for the transportation of dangerous goods in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), as part of a move to get the entire sub-region to adopt United Nations-based safety regulations for road-based logistics operations.
Key airports' passengers to hit 200m, says Arkhom
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 12/06/2018
» Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi and U-Tapao airports will have a collective capacity to handle up to 200 million passengers a year when each of their development plans are complete, Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said Monday.
'Almost all' ICAO safety issues fixed
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 07/06/2018
» Thailand has now dealt with almost all safety concerns raised during an audit by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) last July, Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) chief Chula Sukmanop said Wednesday.