The International Air Travel Association (IATA) has called on the government to continue expanding Suvarnabhumi Airport rather than renovating flooded Don Mueang Airport, which would be very costly, noting that having dual airports does |not attract either airlines or tourists. Guenther Matschnigg, senior vice president for safety, operations and infrastructure at the IATA, told The […]
Thailand Floods situation update Issued at Bangkok at 16.00 (GMT+7) on 30 November 2011 Flood waters have receded in most areas of Thailand’s Central Region and cleanup operations have taken place. Methods of transportation used by tourists are all operating as per normal. Central Bangkok remains dry. Popular tourist attractions and areas where tourists normally […]
Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said Thursday he expects all of Bangkok will be completely dry by Dec 31, to welcome in the New Year. MR Sukhumbhand said more pumps had been installed to drain water from flooded housing estates and communities into the drains or nearby canals. Police said flood levels in Bangkok’s Don Muang […]
Thailand’s disaster warning center chief has revealed that over 140 giant sandbag barriers have been dismantled in Bangkok Don Muang area. He adds the Thonburi area is likely to remain under floodwater until the end of the year. Read more: TAN Network
BANGKOK, Nov 25 – A budget of Bt490 million approved by the Cabinet, will be used for restore the eastern runway of Don Mueang Airport, expected to reopen at the end of January for military aircraft, said Flying Officer Anirut Thanomkulbutra, president of Airports of Thailand (AoT). AoT said the Bt1 billion restoration of the […]
Thai Air Force will use 14 water pumps to drain floodwater from Bangkok Don Mueang Airport and complete the task in two weeks, Defense Minister Spokesman Col Thanatip Sawangsaeng said Friday. The water would be drained into Prem Prachakorn Canal and to the road. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, Nov 24 — The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is on high alert keeping watch on the flood status in inner Bangkok fearing that the dismantling of the giant sandbag ‘big bag’ barrier at Don Mueang’s Directorate of Air Operations Control intersection on Phahonyothin Road could increase the water level at Kaset intersection and Lat […]
BANGKOK, Nov 23 — Dismantling the giant sandbag ‘big bag’ barrier at Don Mueang’s Directorate of Air Operations Control intersection on Phahonyothin Road has not yet impacted inner Bangkok, according to Flood Relief Operations Centre (FROC) Director Pracha Promnog. Meanwhile, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will open three sluice gates at Khlong Mahasawat to one […]
