Bangkok – Thailand’s cabinet on Tuesday approved a 63-billion-baht (2-billion-dollar) expansion plan for Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Thai Transport Minister Sophon Saram said the plan would include a second passenger terminal, offices and additional parking spaces. But plans to build a third runway had been dropped. The Earth Times
BANGKOK, 23 August 2010 (NNT) — The Airport Link has finally kicked off its official operations today at 06.00 hrs to accommodate passengers traveling to the Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Transport Minister Sopon Zarum presided over the official opening of the Airport Rail Link this morning. The rail link service, which is expected to serve up […]
BANGKOK, Aug 21 – Twenty-three Indian and Pakistani men were arrested in Bangkok and face deportation after police from Chokchai Station searched their unregistered homes on Pradit Manutham Road in the Lat Phrao area on Saturday. Pol Maj Gen Chantawit Ramasut, chief of the investigation centre, led 30 police officers to surround and raid a […]
A SCOTS fugitive accused of horror sex attacks has been tracked down by the Sunday Mail in Bangkok’s red-light district. George Hoolahan, 60, has been on the run for more than 10 years after being accused of raping two 18-year-old girls. Hoolahan is wanted by police in Scotland and England and has regularly featured on […]
The airport train link connecting Bangkok with Suvarnabhumi International Airport will begin commercial services on Monday, according to State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Yuthana Thapcharoen. Bangkok, the 18th of August 2010: Announcing the opening, Mr. Thapcharoen explained that both the Airport link’s Express Service and City Line systems would begin operation on Monday. Trains […]
BANGKOK, 17 August 2010 (NNT) – The Governor of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) confirms Suvarnabhumi Airport Link is ready to officially commence on 23 August 2010 as scheduled. SRT Governor Yutthana Thapcharoen said the Airport Link – both City Line and Express Line – would be ready for commercial service on 23 August. […]
Spanish woman arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport with 3kg of ice worth Bt9 million; en route from Ghana to Indonesia. MCOT Update: A Spanish woman was arrested at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport for smuggling 3.1 kilograms of ‘ice’ – crystal methamphetamine, police said Tuesday. Following a tip-off that a drug smuggler will pass through the airport, […]
BANGKOK, Aug 9 – Bangkok’s metropolitan police on Monday arrested an Iranian man in central Bangkok for possessing 10 kg of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as “ice”, worth Bt30 million (US$930,000). Metropolitan Police chief Pol Lt-Gen Santan Chayanont said that Soltan Mohammadi Reza, 32, was arrested after police detective at Thonglor Police Station was tipped […]
