IATA: Suvarnabhumi gets constipated

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June 5, 2016

At the annual summit of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Dublin, Director-General Tony Tyler cited Suvarnabhumi as an example of an airport as it should not be. The growth of Thailand's national airport leads to air congestion.

Tyler says: “Some governments understand that aviation is an engine of the economy, but too many forget that. We see this at bottlenecks in cities such as New York, London, Sao Paulo, Frankfurt and Bangkok. In some cases we have the paradox of world-class airports on the ground and congestion in the air.”

Suvarnabhumi is experiencing an annual increase in air traffic of 10 percent. Last year, 52,9 million passengers arrived at the airport, 14 percent more than in 2014.

The airport is designed for a capacity of 45 million passengers per year. The Thai government wants to expand the airport. It looks like after a 10 year delay, this is finally going to happen.

Source: Bangkok Post

1 thought on “IATA: Suvarnabhumi gets clogged”

  1. Fransamsterdam says up

    Suvarnabhumi opened in September 2006.
    If it now, June 2016, looks like there will be expansion, it is a bit strange to say that it is 'finally' after a 'delay' of 10 years.
    Those 52.9 million passengers are not all arriving passengers, but also departing ones.
    This means that Suvarnabhumi has almost as many passengers as Schiphol. Anyway, Schiphol is in the luxury position of having three times as many runways as Suvarnabhumi.


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