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The Transport Ministry's plan to allow the budget carrier Nok Airlines to take over loss-making secondary domestic routes from Thai Airways International has received favourable responses from the two airlines. Thai Airways executives said the airline could let go of the routes serving Phitsanulok, Mae Hong Son and Khon Kaen, as advocated by Transport Minister Sophon Zarum, to improve the flag carrier's balance sheet.

 

The Transport Ministry's plan to allow the budget carrier Nok Airlines to take over loss-making secondary domestic routes from Thai Airways International has received favourable responses from the two airlines. Thai Airways executives said the airline could let go of the routes serving Phitsanulok, Mae Hong Son and Khon Kaen, as advocated by Transport Minister Sophon Zarum, to improve the flag carrier's balance sheet.

 

 The head of Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) says the Suvarnabhumi Airport expansion will proceed as a single undertaking rather than being split into several parts as suggested recently by its new chairman.  The expansion needs to proceed without delay as the airport is operating near its capacity, according to Mr Serirat. The project includes the construction of a third runway, 60 metres in width and 4,000 metres in length, and a mid-field terminal that will increase passenger handling capacity to60million from 45 million. "The second-phase development will proceed as a package and not in pieces," AoT acting president Serirat Prasutanond said in response to the suggestion of dividing the project into sub-phases to relieve AoT of financial constraints.

 

 The head of Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) says the Suvarnabhumi Airport expansion will proceed as a single undertaking rather than being split into several parts as suggested recently by its new chairman.  The expansion needs to proceed without delay as the airport is operating near its capacity, according to Mr Serirat. The project includes the construction of a third runway, 60 metres in width and 4,000 metres in length, and a mid-field terminal that will increase passenger handling capacity to60million from 45 million. "The second-phase development will proceed as a package and not in pieces," AoT acting president Serirat Prasutanond said in response to the suggestion of dividing the project into sub-phases to relieve AoT of financial constraints.

 

 The head of Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) says the Suvarnabhumi Airport expansion will proceed as a single undertaking rather than being split into several parts as suggested recently by its new chairman.  The expansion needs to proceed without delay as the airport is operating near its capacity, according to Mr Serirat. The project includes the construction of a third runway, 60 metres in width and 4,000 metres in length, and a mid-field terminal that will increase passenger handling capacity to60million from 45 million. "The second-phase development will proceed as a package and not in pieces," AoT acting president Serirat Prasutanond said in response to the suggestion of dividing the project into sub-phases to relieve AoT of financial constraints.