Don Mueang
- Covid-19 News
Don Mueang Airport prepares to reopen
Bangkokโs Don Mueang International Airport is preparing to open for more flights beginning this Friday, as 2 airlines have announced plans to resume limited domestic routes. The airportโs director Samphan Khutranont says Thai AirAsia and Thai Lion Air will resume some domestic service at Don Mueang on Friday, in addition to Nok Air, which has continued operating about 20 domesticโฆ
- Bangkok News
1 killed, 1 injured as plane hits tug at Don Mueang โ VIDEO
One employee is dead and another injured after an accident this morning at Bangkokโs Don Mueang Airport. A Nok Air plane hit a tug towing it to the passenger ramp at Don Mueang airport, killing the tug driver and injuring another employee. The incident occurred around 8am. Don Mueangโs general manager told reporters that Nok Air flight DD6458, bound forโฆ
- Covid-19 News
Additional thermal screening for Chinese arrivals at Thai airports
โThe number of Chinese tourists is likely to drop by half this year โ creating an enormous impact on Thailandโs tourism industry.โ Thailandโs health authorities are taking more stringent precautions over Chinese arrivals in Thailand following the confirmation of coronavirus case #6 in Hua Hin, a resort town south west of Bangkok. Panlop Singhaseni, Prachuap Khiri Khanโs governor, says they areโฆ
- Environment News
50% of Thai trucks checked in Don Mueang belching black smoke
Last April Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha announced that those driving polluting vehicles would face arrest and fines, warning owners of transport businesses theyโll be held responsible for toxic emissions. Now the Department of Land Transport announced it was stepping up measures to bring emission levels from trucks and public transport vehicles within safe limits. The measures are designed to alleviate pollutionโฆ
- Transport News
Three-airport high-speed train project stumbles forward
One of the delayed Thai high-speed rail projects is now closer to being inked by the State Railway of Thailand and CP Holdingโs joint venture, once an agreement on some key details of the public-private partnership project are reached. The new railway service will connect Bangkokโs Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang international airports, with U-Tapao in Rayong, serving Pattaya and theโฆ
- Transport News
Air Asia flight, from Maldives to Bangkok, returns to Male after engine explodes
A Thai AirAsia Airbus A320-200, flying as FD-178 from Male in the Maldives to Bangkokโs Don Mueang, had just taken off out of Maleโs runway 18 when an engine started making โbanging noisesโ and streaks of flames were coming from the engine, prompting the crew to stop the climb at 5000 feet, shut down the engine and return to Maleโฆ
- Transport News
Couple cry foul after โturbo switchโ found in Bangkok taxi โ VIDEO
PHOTOS & VIDEO: Facebook/Kaew Nutnaree A Bangkok couple has complained to police about a taxi driver โturbo chargingโ their fare with the flick of a switch. Their story was told on the Facebook page โKaew Nutnareeโ. The couple arrived at Don Muang International Airport on Tuesday and caught a cab to take them to On Nut (Sukhumvit Soi 77). Theyโฆ
- Bangkok News
Taiwanese man arrested at Don Mueang Airport with 7 kilos of heroin
PHOTOS: Daily News 38 year old Chern Kwan Lin from Taiwan was about to board a flight to his home country at Don Mueang International Airport yesterday. But he never reached the plane. The Taiwanese national was arrested with 7.2 kilograms of heroin hidden in prickly heat tins. The drugs were concealed in 18 tins of Prickly Heat powder. Mr.โฆ
- Bangkok News
Transport Ministry and State Railways told to pay HK company 11.9 billion baht
The long running issue of Bangkokโs โstonehengeโ has been resolved after the Supreme Administrative Court handed down its findings today over the disputed contract of the 60 kilometre link from central Bangkok to Don Mueang Airport. The Thai Ministry of Transport and the State Railway of Thailand have been dealt a costly blow after the Supreme Administrative Court today overturnedโฆ
- Bangkok News
Kids flock to Government House and Don Mueang โ Childrenโs Day 2019
PHOTOS: The Nation An 11 year old girl from the St Francis Xavier School in Nonthaburi was the first student to sit on the prime ministerโs seat at Government House on National Childrenโs Day. The Nation reports that officials allowed children to form a long queue at 7.30am to have an opportunity to sit on the seat of the mostโฆ
- Bangkok News
โCharm Offensiveโ awaits at Don Mueang for Chinese passengers
Knee-jerk reaction #48. The Tourist Police Bureau have dispatched a team of officers to attend to passengers, especially Chinese passengers, at Don Mueang International Airport. More Chinese tourist arrivals are expected to arrive for their Golden Week holiday starting today. The Deputy Commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau, Pol. Maj. Gen. Surachete Hakparn, says additional police officers have been deployedโฆ
- Bangkok News
Director and security chief of Don Mueang suspended over assault of Chinese tourist
โImmigration police dismissed the touristโs claim that immigration officials had demanded 2,000 baht from him for a visa on arrival in addition to the normal fee of 2,000 baht.โ The Director of Bangkokโs Don Mueang international airport, as well as the director for security, have been suspended from active duty for at least 30 days pending an investigation into anโฆ