Motorists who needed to use the Din Daeng-Don Muang tollway to enter Bangkok brawled with protesters from Pathum Thani province who blocked the tollway ramp in support of demands for immediate drainage of floodwater from their communities on Wednesday. Frustrated motorists approached the protesters who were blocking the entrance to the elevated road in front […]
BANGKOK, Nov 20 – It will take about 2-3 months after flood recedes to restore Don Mueang Airport, mainly used for domestic flights, with an estimated cost of about one billion baht, said Somchai Sawasdeepon, Senior Executive Vice President of Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT). The work to restore the airport can start […]
BANGKOK, Nov 17 – The Airports of Thailand (AoT) on Thursday said an estimated Bt1 billion is needed for the restoration of submerged Bangkok Don Mueang Airport. AoT President Anirut Thanomkulbutra said the airport authority will begin restoration of the western part of the flooded runway first as it will be used for take-off and […]
Residents of Lam Luk Ka district in Pathum Thani yesterday breached a 10-metre section of a big-bag barrier near an Air Force unit, causing flood water to pour into the Air Force’s Don Mueang compound. A confrontation between about 200 angry protesters and Air Force military police continued for a while before they agreed to […]
BANGKOK, Nov 14 – Disgruntled residents of Bangkok’s Don Mueang district finally agree to allow repairs to giant sandbag “Big Bag” barriers they dismantled earlier to release floodwater from the area, said Pol Gen Pracha Promnog, director of the Flood Relief Operations Centre (FROC) on Monday. Gen Pracha disclosed the agreement after some sections of […]
Twenty representatives from Don Muang District gathered to pressure the government in removing the big bag barriers tomorrow, or else, they will shut down the tollway. Local residents were especially angry with the government’s lack of action to alleviate their suffering. Read more: TAN Network
BANGKOK, Nov 12 — The construction of ‘Big Bags’ at Don Mueang Airport was expected to be completed on November 15 before drainage of floodwater would begin drying out the airport, as repair work would take around 60 days before the airport could reopen, according to Airports of Thailand (AoT) chairman ACM Sumet Photimanee. ACM […]
BANGKOK, 11 November 2011 – Solar Air, a domestic airline that was based at Don Mueang Airport, until it closed due to floods, transferred its base to U-Tapao Airport Thursday. Three airlines vacated the flooded domestic airport in late October. They were: Nok Air, Orient Thai Airlines and Solar Air. Read more: ttrweekly.com
