Reader question: I don't walk well, is there a way to get through immigration faster?
On Saturday 28 October, my partner and I will fly with Eva Air from Schiphol to Bangkok. We fly economy class.
Arriving on October 29, we fly with Bangkok Airways to Chiang Rai. Last year we almost missed our flight because we stood in line at Immigration for over 1 hour.
Reader question: Report to immigration at the airport
Next May we (my Thai wife and I) are going to pay a family visit to the Netherlands. On return we fly via Amsterdam-Bangkok to Chiang Mai. My question: Is it possible to report to the immigration office at Chiang Mai International Airport instead of in Bangkok? This of course to avoid the long queues in Bangkok. Or do we always have to report to the first immigration office of the airport where you land in Thailand?
New terminal and parking garage for Khon Kaen airport
In three years, Khon Kaen Airport will have a new terminal and parking garage. The fully renovated airport will be operational in 2021. The new terminal has a capacity of 5 million passengers per year, the current one can handle 2,4 million passengers. The parking garage can accommodate 1.460 vehicles.
Buri Ram airport is being expanded
Partly due to an increase in tourism to Buri Ram (Isaan), the local airport will be expanded with a taxiway and parking spaces for six Boeing 737-400s, for which there are currently only two places available.
About 200 immigration officers from agencies across Thailand have been mobilized and deployed at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports. This should reduce the queues for immigration, and thus the annoyance of passengers.
Reader question: Do I have to pay 1000 baht to leave the airport in BKK when transferring?
In February I fly from Brussels to Manila via BKK with THIA Airways. Now I have an almost 8 hour transfer in BKK. So I plan to go to the center of Bangkok, I know the city quite well, this is not a problem. But is this correct that I will have to pay an extra tax of about 1000 baht? Because I left the airport.
Reader question: Do we have enough time to check in?
In the fall I will fly to BKK via Hong Kong. Arrival 10.00 am. My girlfriend is flying from Khon Kaen to BKK. Arrival 11.35 am.
Together we fly back to Khon Kaen at 13.00:45. We fly with Air Smile. According to my information, the check-in desk of this airline closes 13.00 minutes before departure. I personally received this information from this company. My question is if anyone is familiar with this and if the time left is enough to check in and get to the gate in time for the XNUMXpm departure?
The luggage of all arriving passengers at major Thai airports will be checked for drugs and contraband. The scanning equipment will be installed first at Suvarnabhumi and at a later stage at Don Mueang and the airports of Chiang Mai and Phuket.
Traveling to the airport without that annoying suitcase is no longer a thing of the future. PostNL has, without giving much publicity, started a trial in the Randstad conurbation with the delivery of travelers' suitcases at Dutch airports.
Big, bigger, biggest and it may cost a bit. This is how they feel in Dubai about where they unfolded the plans to make Al Maktoum International Airport the largest airport in the world.
End-of-year traffic around Don Mueang airport roads expected
Thai and foreigners who fly from Don Mueang airport to their holiday address or home village at the end of this month must take into account extra travel time to the airport. It is expected that it will be very busy on the roads to the airport.
As crime reporter Petra R de Vries, I regularly stay in Thailand, the land of smiles. Thailand is also the country where, according to many, corruption is deeply woven into the culture. Please pay attention to the following bizarre story with my best friend JV te W&A (alias dK) in the lead role. He flies to the land of smiles where laughter soon dies.
New airport on Koh Phangan delayed due to lack of money
The new airport on the idyllic island of Koh Phangan, also famous for the Full Moon Parties, should have been operational in 2014. If we manage to raise the financial resources, it will now be the end of 2017.
New passenger terminal in Phuket
The new passenger terminal at Phuket International Airport is expected to open next month.
airport U-Tapao, an asset to the region
The second terminal at U-Tapao has been in use for several weeks now. Major progress for Pattaya, Jomtien, Sattahip and the east coast towards Rayong.
60% of travelers are unsure about duty-free shopping
Many Dutch people, 1 in 3, plan to do tax-free shopping at the airport and 42% buy last-minute, according to a survey conducted by Skyscanner among 1.000 Dutch people.
IATA: Suvarnabhumi gets constipated
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.