Suvarnabhumi

  • Transport NewsThai Airasia ponders second Bangkok hub
    ThaigerPublished: 11:00, 11 July 2020
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    Thai Airasia ponders second Bangkok hub

    Despite reports that Air Asia’s future is in doubt, Thai AirAsia says it’s considering making Suvarnabhumi airport its new hub, alongside its already established hub in Don Mueang Airport, to increase revenue and broaden its traveller appeal. The executive chairman of Asia Aviation, the largest shareholder of TAA, says the airline is conducting a feasibility study on the move to…

  • Covid-19 NewsFirst post-Covid flight from China lands in Bangkok
    ThaigerPublished: 12:48, 08 July 2020
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    First post-Covid flight from China lands in Bangkok

    The first charter flight from China to Thailand has landed in Bangkok, after Thailand partially lifted its 3 month ban on foreign arrivals on July 1. Yesterday, a Spring Airlines flight flew 31 Thai nationals and 21 members of a Chinese company in Thailand from Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International airport. All foreigners, except those with work…

  • Covid-19 News90 minute Covid-19 test at BKK being tested
    ThaigerPublished: 21:13, 03 July 2020
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    90 minute Covid-19 test at BKK being tested

    A Covid-19 test that takes about 90 minutes. This is a new ‘outside the box’ way at bringing people back into Thailand and checking them before they go through Immigration. The new ‘rapid’ tests were unveiled today at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. The new tests would be offered for overseas arrivals as the Thai government wrestles with the desire to reboot…

  • Covid-19 NewsBangkok’s shopping malls struggle under tourist ban, fierce competition
    ThaigerPublished: 16:41, 03 July 2020
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    Bangkok’s shopping malls struggle under tourist ban, fierce competition

    Suvarnabhumi, the name of Bangkok’s second international airport, means “realm of gold,” and was given by His Majesty the late King Rama IX to Bangkok’s eastern outskirts (technically in Samut Prakhan province), once a marshland called Nong Nguhao (Cobra Swamp). With its overtones of wealth, the name represents the hopes of developers, who are turning the area into a retail…

  • Covid-19 NewsBan on international travel into Thailand extended until June 30
    ThaigerPublished: 18:52, 16 May 2020
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    Ban on international travel into Thailand extended until June 30

    The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand has today announced an extension of their current ban on international travel another month, until at least the end of June, 2020. The current ban on scheduled international flights was extended last month to cover May, up to May 31. But now the CAAT have announced the extension for at least another month. There…

  • Covid-19 NewsThousands of Thais to return by the end of May
    ThaigerPublished: 13:32, 07 May 2020
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    Thousands of Thais to return by the end of May

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration has announced that all Thai nationals, stranded abroad during the peak of the outbreak, will be repatriated. The government is preparing to welcome around 7,000 returnees who will arrive by the end of the month. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the CCSA says that the centre is working closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…

  • Covid-19 NewsOfficer who allowed 152 returnees to leave airport without quarantine has been ‘recalled’
    ThaigerPublished: 08:45, 05 April 2020
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    Officer who allowed 152 returnees to leave airport without quarantine has been ‘recalled’

    152 Thais who arrived home from the US on Friday were inexplicably allowed to return to their homes to self quarantine, rather than endure the mandatory 14 day quarantine at state facilities faced by other arrivals. As a result, the permanent secretary of the defence ministry has recalled an army major-general from Suvarnabhumi International Airport and ordered an investigation. A…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai authorities track down contacts of Covid-19 victim
    AnukulPublished: 11:03, 03 April 2020
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    Thai authorities track down contacts of Covid-19 victim

    Yesterday a 57 year old man, named as ‘Anan Soho’, passed away due to the effects of the Coronavirus. Authorities are now trying to track down people who came in contact with the man. The man died travelling on a southbound train on Monday night. A spokesperson from the Immigration Bureau says that Anan had returned to Thailand from Islamabad, Pakistan,…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai Airways passengers, flying from ‘at risk’ destinations, now require health certificates
    ThaigerPublished: 14:23, 10 March 2020
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    Thai Airways passengers, flying from ‘at risk’ destinations, now require health certificates

    Thai Airways is now demanding passengers, departing on their planes from China, Italy and South Korea, to Thailand, provide the national airline with health certificates before they can receive their boarding passes. The announcement was the airlines’ latest reaction to the growing coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. Here’s The Thaiger’s daily Coronavirus update HERE. The new compliance relates to Thai flights out…

  • Covid-19 NewsWelcome home – 17 Surat Thani students return from Hubei, China
    ThaigerPublished: 14:23, 02 February 2020
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    Welcome home – 17 Surat Thani students return from Hubei, China

    17 electronics students from Surat Thani Technical College in Thailand’s south, who had been studying on a high vocational certificate course at Xingtai Polytechnic College in Hubei, China, have arrived home. They are healthy and happy to back with their families. The 17 arrived at the Surat Thani International Airport, via Suvarnabhumi, yesterday jus after 9 in the morning. The…

  • Bangkok NewsHungarian overstayer dies in Suvarnabhumi detention cell
    ThaigerPublished: 11:23, 27 January 2020
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    Hungarian overstayer dies in Suvarnabhumi detention cell

    A 60 year old Hungarian man has died in detention at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport. Lazlo Balogh was awaiting deportation for overstaying his visa. Laszlo was handed over to the Suvarnabhumi airport police for repatriation on Saturday, January 25. He showed no unusual signs after being put in the detention cell and was sleeping normally on Saturday night, according to police. But…

  • Transport NewsDramatic video shows high speed impact, eight British tourists injured on their way to Pattaya – VIDEO
    ThaigerPublished: 19:46, 14 January 2020
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    Dramatic video shows high speed impact, eight British tourists injured on their way to Pattaya – VIDEO

    Dramatic highway CCTV has now been released of the crash of the passenger van, injuring eight British tourists travelling from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Pattaya. Three were seriously injured in the high speed crash which scattered contents of the van over the road and grassed verge between the two sides of the motorway. Eight British tourists are in hospital after their…

  • Chiang Mai NewsMan opens emergency exit on Chiang Mai to Bangkok flight
    Maya TaylorPublished: 14:31, 08 November 2019
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    Man opens emergency exit on Chiang Mai to Bangkok flight

    PHOTOS: Sanook.com A Thai Smile flight, due to leave Chiang Mai airport for Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport, had to be delayed for hours after a foreigner opened one of the emergency exits as the flight was about to take off. Thai Smile are the low-cost subsidiary of Thai Airways. Thai Residents reports that the incident took place on board flight Thai…

  • Transport NewsThai High Speed Railway linking airports now to be signed off on October 25
    ThaigerPublished: 17:29, 15 October 2019
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    Thai High Speed Railway linking airports now to be signed off on October 25

    The State Railway of Thailand and the Charoen Pokphand Group-led consortium are putting pen to paper and signing the contract for the high-speed train project on October 25. The much-discussed high speed railway will link Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and U-Tapao international airports. The new SRT board was approved by the Thai cabinet today. Deputy PM Anutin Charnvirakul says he is…

  • Environment NewsSuvarnabhumi villagers still chasing compensation from government after 13 years
    ThaigerPublished: 15:53, 29 September 2019
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    Suvarnabhumi villagers still chasing compensation from government after 13 years

    PHOTO: Khaosod Villagers living next to Suvarnabhumi Airport have filed a complaint about the noise from the planes. The villagers say they have been suffering from the airport noise for years since the construction of Suvarnabhumi (it opened in September 2006). Leader of the Dinui Yiddee Muslim Community, Saenee Kamsawat, says they are in the process of filing an official…

  • Bangkok NewsNew Central outlet by Suvarnabhumi poses no danger, say aviation experts
    Maya TaylorPublished: 12:17, 13 September 2019
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    New Central outlet by Suvarnabhumi poses no danger, say aviation experts

    PHOTO: Skyscrapercity.com The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) says the recently opened Central Village mall near Suvarnabhumi airport is safe and does not pose a threat to aviation safety. CAAT hopes to alleviate the concerns expressed by Airports of Thailand (AOT) who tried unsuccessfully to block the opening of the luxury outlet, citing safety and security concerns. CAAT director…

  • Crime NewsSuvarnabhumi baggage handler arrested over 20,000 baht theft
    ThaigerPublished: 09:11, 08 September 2019
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    Suvarnabhumi baggage handler arrested over 20,000 baht theft

    PHOTO: sanook.com A South Korean tourist was savvy enough to photograph all her holiday money before travelling to Thialand. Her precaution has led to the arrest of a baggage handler at Suvarnabhumi. The South Korean woman took the precaution of photographing all her Thai baht before putting it in a wallet in checked luggage on her flight. When Lee Soyeong travelled…

  • EventsNew Central Village luxury outlet opens for business at BKK
    ThaigerPublished: 16:30, 31 August 2019
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    New Central Village luxury outlet opens for business at BKK

    Wonder if anyone from Airports of Thailand were invited to this morning’s opening? The Central Pattana president and CEO Preecha Ekkunagul, and directors Suthikiatis Chirathivat and Sudhitham Chirathivat, presided at the official opening ceremony of Central Village next to Suvarnabhumi airport this morning. Central Village has cost more than 5 billion and was five years in the planning. The new…

  • Business NewsMinister calls for probe on legality of the new Central Village luxury mall at BKK
    ThaigerPublished: 13:26, 27 August 2019
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    Minister calls for probe on legality of the new Central Village luxury mall at BKK

    PHOTO: Under construction at the time and now ready to open, but… It’s bright and shiny, it’s new, it promises discounts on luxury goods, it’s next to the airport, it was set to open this Saturday, but is it legal? The Department of Provincial Administration Department has been asked to investigate the legality of the new Central Village ‘Bangkok Outlet…

  • Tourism NewsCentral opens first luxury outlet at Suvarnabhumi on August 31
    ThaigerPublished: 15:58, 21 August 2019
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    Central opens first luxury outlet at Suvarnabhumi on August 31

    Central Village, “Thailand’s first international luxury outlet”, located near Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, will officially open on August 31. The Nation reports that the design of the 5 billion baht facility, owned by the Central Pattana group, will “highlight Thai architecture and cultural identities” and shoppers will find at least 130 well known international luxury and lifestyle brands. “More than half…

  • Crime NewsImmigration police spruik more successes with their biometrics systems
    ThaigerPublished: 13:02, 04 August 2019
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    Immigration police spruik more successes with their biometrics systems

    Immigration police have arrested three more unwanted foreigners for crimes committed in Thailand. The arrests follow people stopped at Immigration queues trying to enter the country last week. In reporting on the success of the biometric systems, police say the new systems helped identify the people and crimes they been allegedly involved in, even though the process of taking all…

  • Bangkok NewsRussian and Kazakhstani caught on seven month overstay at Suvarnabhumi
    ThaigerPublished: 07:32, 26 July 2019
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    Russian and Kazakhstani caught on seven month overstay at Suvarnabhumi

    PHOTO: Facebook/Tourist Police Bureau A Russian man and his Kazakhstani wife had been travelling around Thailand using fraudulent documentation to avoid being detected for overstay. This time they tried the same scam to fly from Bangkok to Phuket but it didn’t quite go to plan. The pair told Suvarnabhumi immigration officials that they “forgot their passports” so they could get…

  • Tourism NewsBKK passenger arrivals expected to surge to 200,000 a day in October
    ThaigerPublished: 13:03, 02 July 2019
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    BKK passenger arrivals expected to surge to 200,000 a day in October

    Amid gloomy forecasts and predictions for Thailand’s tourist industry, some good news out of the country’s largest airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. The number of passengers arriving at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok is expected to rise to 200,000 a day when the ‘winter season’ starts in October. The airport’s general manager Wing Commander Suthirawat Suwanawat says the arrival of flights and…

  • Tourism NewsSuvarnabhumi’s third runway closer to reality
    ThaigerPublished: 16:25, 29 May 2019
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    Suvarnabhumi’s third runway closer to reality

    The contracts for the construction of Suvarnabhumi Airport’s third runway are ready to be signed. But it isn’t likely to happen until later this year according to Airports of Thailand (AoT). The AoT president Nitinai Sirismatthakarn says the new 21.7 billion baht third runway, which is included in the airport’s second-phase development plan, was already approved by the cabinet. “It…

  • Thailand NewsChinese man arrested for using Thai ID card to lure foreign investors
    ThaigerPublished: 16:52, 05 March 2019
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    Chinese man arrested for using Thai ID card to lure foreign investors

    PHOTOS: Tourist Police Bureau A Chinese man has been arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport after using a Thai ID card to operate fraudulent businesses. The Tourist Police have arrested Chinese man ‘Zhang Qing Po’ who used a Thai identification card with the name ‘Tawatchai Laoyeepao’ The arrest follows an investigation where officers discovered that Tawatchai was advertising on a Chinese website…

  • Thailand NewsSyrian woman arrested with fake Spanish passport at Suvarnabhumi Airport
    ThaigerPublished: 09:56, 20 February 2019
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    Syrian woman arrested with fake Spanish passport at Suvarnabhumi Airport

    PHOTOS: Immigration Bureau Immigration officers at Suvarnabhumi Airport have arrested a Syrian woman with a fake Spain passport. The Immigration Bureau reports that, while they were patrolling the airport, they found the woman who was acting suspiciously. They asked to see her passport which had her name listed on the passport as Alampana Albana, a Spanish national. She was waiting for…

  • Bangkok NewsRussian tourist leaps from fourth floor at Suvarnabhumi
    ThaigerPublished: 15:04, 12 February 2019
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    Russian tourist leaps from fourth floor at Suvarnabhumi

    A Russian tourist was fatally injured after clambering over a glass wall on the fourth floor of the passenger terminal at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, and jumped. Royal Thai Police deputy spokesman Pol Col Kritsana Patanacharoen says 44 year old Mikhail Sinitsyn, anded on the second floor after intentionally jumping at 1am yesterday morning. The man was rushed to Samitivej Srinakarin…

  • Bangkok NewsAoT defers final decision about new BKK airport terminal until February 20
    ThaigerPublished: 11:55, 31 January 2019
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    AoT defers final decision about new BKK airport terminal until February 20

    PHOTO: Rendering of the new proposed Terminal for Suvarnabhumi Airports of Thailand has set a deadline of February 20 to decide whether it will go ahead with the construction of the much-needed second terminal at Suvarnabhumi Airport, the country’s largest and busiest airport. The 42 billion baht project has been embroiled in controversy amid criticism from organisations including the Council…

  • Bangkok NewsAustralian and Thai transnational drug smugglers drop the ball
    ThaigerPublished: 15:46, 21 January 2019
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    Australian and Thai transnational drug smugglers drop the ball

    PHOTO: The Nation How much heroin can you smuggle in eight (car) shock absorbers? Apparently close to 4 kilograms. A joint Thai-Australian drug suppression operation called Taskforce Storm has yielded results and arrested two transnational heroin smugglers. Police identified the two as 38 year old Canadian Stephens Blair and 27 year old Thai Pahon Sivasirikaroon. The pair were apprehended when they…

  • Bangkok NewsUPDATE: Father and brother traveling to Thailand to speak to Saudi 18 year old
    ThaigerPublished: 17:26, 08 January 2019
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    UPDATE: Father and brother traveling to Thailand to speak to Saudi 18 year old

    The father and brother of a the Saudi 18 year old, whose plea for asylum is making international headlines, are travelling to Thailand later today to give their accounts to the UN refugee agency, the Thai Immigration police chief said on Tuesday. But Immigration Chief, Surachet Hakparn says, if they wished to speak to Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who ran away…