Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (Aerothai) has warned of 30-45 minute-delays to flights in and out of Don Mueang airport during runway maintenance from Tuesday to Friday. Aerothai president Somnuk Rongthong said on Monday that Airports of Thailand Plc would close a 200-metre-long section at the northern end of the airport’s western runway from Jan 29 […]
BANGKOK, 5th December 2018 (NNT) – Don Mueang International Airport is to acquire more luggage carts as the number of passengers increases every year. Airports of Thailand PCL (AOT), the operator of major airports in Thailand, said currently Don Mueang Airport has 2,900 carts of varying sizes – 600 small, 2,285 medium, and 15 large […]
BANGKOK — The police officer in charge of border control at one of Bangkok’s international airports was removed and placed under investigation for allegedly extorting bribes from Chinese tourists, the immigration commander said Monday. Col. Janchai Daengprasert was accused of ordering officers to request “tips” from inbound tourists at Don Mueang Airport, who would not […]
BANGKOK, 29 September 2018 (NNT) – Don Mueang airport has punished a security guard for mistreating a Chinese tourist at the airport. Don Muang Airport General-Manager Wing Commander Suthirawat Suwanawat said regarding an online clip showing the airport’s security guard who physically assailed a Chinese tourist. He admitted the incident shown in the clip actually […]
Police said today they have arrested a couple who allegedly committed a string of thefts in several provinces netting about 10 million baht worth of valuables the past ten years. The couple, identified by police as Apichart Boonruang, 42, and Mrs Thiyada Boonruang, 38, were presented at a press conference with several of the stolen […]
The former deputy superintendent of the Special Branch Bureau linked to extortion at a cosmetics market was released on bail on Sunday and immediately threatened to sue all his accusers. The Criminal Court approved a bail request for Pol Lt Col Santhana Prayoonrat and required a 300,000 baht deposit in cash. The outspoken officer was […]
BANGKOK, 10 May 2018 (NNT) – Police at Bangkok’s Don Muang Airport have apprehended a Japanese citizen attempting to depart the Kingdom with inert souvenir armaments he said he purchased in Vietnam without realizing they would be illegal in Thailand. The armaments included 23 pistol magazines, pieces of a decommissioned M18 A1 explosive and the […]
AUTHORITIES have found more than 300,000 items of substandard products in the Bangkok-based Don Muang Modern Market. Widely known as a big cosmetics marketplace, the market spans over 18 rai (2.9 hectares) of land in the capital’s Don Muang district. “After searching 259 shops at this market, we have found that 186 of them sold […]
