Songkran

400,000 take to the skies during Songkran

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Wednesday, April 10, 2019 10:41

The Airports Department expects over 400,000 passengers to pass through the nation’s 25 airports during the Songkran holiday break.

Ampawan Wannako, the director-general of the Airports Department, says passenger projections for the holidays was 404,778 for the period from April 11 (tomorrow) to April 17, or an average of 57,224 passengers per day.

This projection is up on last year’s numbers.

Some 365,891 passengers this year are expected to take domestic flights, while the number of international passengers is expected to be 38,882, exceeding last year’s 33,476 international departures.

SOURCE:Thaivisa.com

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