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Home » Thailand in general » IATA wants Thailand to speed up airport improvements
IATA wants Thailand to speed up airport improvements
The IATA (International Air Transport Association) wants Thailand to speed up the improvement of a number of airports, especially Suvarnabhumi. Thailand must also be able to serve the strongly increasing number of air travelers for the next 20 years.
Minister Arkhom (Transport) acknowledged yesterday after a meeting with IATA representatives that the expansion of Suvarnabhumi is progressing rather slowly.
Tomorrow is the last day of the 30th IATA conference held in Bangkok.
The Asia-Pacific region had the strongest growth in passenger numbers of any region in March. The IATA expects Thailand to become one of the top ten tourist destinations and largest aviation markets in the world within 20 years.
Source: Bangkok Post
I think Suvarnabhumi is already one of the largest airports. When I think of that airport, I also think of the long distances you have to cover on foot between immigration/emigration and the plane. Sometimes up to 2 km if I'm not mistaken. On arrival you will often see the indication of the distance to immigration.
When you leave Thailand, the first symptoms of stress appear. Especially if I have lost quite a bit of time at the passport control… Then it's a rush to the plane. You follow the directions, but you don't know how far to go. Quite a few minutes pass and then… finally you see the gate number. It has already happened to me that boarding has already started… Preferably quickly to the toilet before boarding the plane. Sometimes time can be very tight there.
What will that become if that airport is going to get even bigger there?
If you just follow the advice to be there 3 hours before departure time at very large airports and airports that actually run above capacity, you really won't get stressed.
Suvarnabhumi is not that big now. The greatest distance from the security check to the back gate should be covered in 20 minutes at a normal pace. The distance from security is then 400m (until the intersection to the various gates) + 130m (last part with shops) + 325m or 260m (part with only the waiting areas/gates). Is a total of 790 to 885 meters. If you walk from the very end to the very end, you just go over the kilometer.
Since you have to check in at least 2 hours in advance for international flights, you should have plenty of time. With a domestic flight and late check-in plus long queues, yes it will be tight. If you arrive 2-3 hours in advance, you have all the time in the world. Out of boredom I sometimes just walked from one extreme point to the other to explore everything. Then you can come across the depiction of the Ocean of Milk: https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceaan_van_melk
See 'walking distances in passenger terminal':
m.suvarnabhumiairport.com >
http://cdn.airportthai.co.th/uploads/profiles/0000000001/filemanager/files/Download%20Center/General%20Info%20Documents/Walking%20Distances%20In%20Passenger%20Terminal.pdf