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Duty Free Retail: King Power monopoly bid
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/08/2012
» King Power's bid for duty free at Don Meuang Airport 55% more than nearest bid, seeking complete monopoly control over industry at any cost, experts conclude.
PM wants Suvarnabhumi action
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/07/2012
» Suvarnabhumi is congested with flight delays common. Authorities have only limited ways to improve the situation and the PM wants them all in place – soon.
Karun’s lock-in protest finally ends
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/05/2012
» Former senator Karun Sai-ngam spent more than a day locked in his pickup truck trying to avoid an arrest he said was unlawful. He ended up in jail after a locksmith opened the door.
Move budget airlines to Don Meuang?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/03/2012
» Delays & long lines at Suvarnabhumi. Designed for 45 million passengers a year but faces 51 million this year. Expansion 5 years away.
Don Mueang to the rescue
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/03/2012
» All of a sudden, Bangkok’s second airport is taking on greater importance as Suvarnabhumi struggles to cope with increased passenger traffic.
Post-Flood: Don Muang airport reopens
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/03/2012
» Only one airline Nok Air will be using Don Mueang despite soaring Suvarnabhumi traffic of 51 million (above capacity of 45 million).
Flood-damaged air force base
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/12/2011
» Repairs to sunken Don Mueang air force base & planes to take 95% of 12.28-billion-baht military budget.
Neither high nor dry
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/12/2011
» Many of those motorists who thought their cars would be safe and dry on the second floor of Don Mueang airport's Terminal 2 were mistaken.
Life during the floods
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/11/2011
» Life passing by during Thailand's great flood in a prose poem reminiscent of Walt Whitman by journalist Kultida Samabuddhi.
Shortage goods to be imported
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/10/2011
» Taxes normally paid on foreign goods entering Thailand stopped temporarily to get items like drinking water, eggs, vegetables into the country fast.