Protesters shut Thailand's international airport.
Has your flight been effected? If so, did the airport personel give any information about when you can fly? Would you advise others who are planning a trip to Thailand to choose a different destination or to stick with their plan?
what happens now???!!!!
The red shirts will take over the airport so nobody can fly in or out.
Flights will be delayed until the government is reinstalled.
A few flights will exit via the millitary airport.
10 days later the government will be reinstalled and the yellows will storm the airport......
By January, Thailand will be emptied of tourists. This will do the environment a favour and the economy a disfavour. :D
10 years time: Only a daring trickle of tourists will go to Thailand and will travel around with the UN peacekeepers to avoid being extored of their travel cash by impoverished locals. There will be noplace to change money and the only accomodation available will be 100 dollar per night heavily guarded international hotels that accomodate foreign diplomats and any tourists who are crazy enough to come to this country....... :D
Reply to this News Flash:
"Protesters aggree to clear airport:
Bangkok - Anti-government demonstrators agreed on Tuesday to allow flights to resume from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport after a week-long blockade, a protest leader said.
"As of this moment the PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy) has allowed flights to take off and land immediately, both passenger and cargo flights," senior alliance member Somkiat Pongpaiboon told reporters.
The PAD occupied Suvarnabhumi and the smaller Don Mueang domestic airport last week, stranding 350 000 passengers and causing massive damage to the Thai economy.
Thailand's airport authority confirmed there was an agreement with protesters, saying flights may be able to resume if there are no "technical problems".
"We have reached an agreement with PAD to start clearing protesters from the passenger zone to reopen Suvarnabhumi Airport," said Vudhihaandhu Vichairatama, chairperson of the board of Airports of Thailand.
"But how soon depends on technical issues. If there is no technical problem the first flights would resume within 24 hours," Vudhihaandhu said."
lets see what happens😊
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Sorry to hear of your problems trying to get to Vietnam via Bangkok. Unfortunately, there are many travelers with transit flights through Bangkok, who are now in a similar position.
I am assuming you booked your flight into Bangkok with one airline and your flight to Hanoi with another. Will the first airline not give you a refund for the difference between the cost of flying between Hong Kong and Bangkok? Can you get a refund from the second airline for the cost of your tickets from Bangkok/Hanoi?
I guess it depends on the small print on your airline ticket as to what you are entitled to in these circumstances, but as the airline agreed to take you to Bangkok and not Hong Kong it seems very unfair to drop you off in a place you don't want to go and tell you to make your own way from there!
As Mel has said in the previous post, the Thai Constitutional Court has effectively dissolved the ruling coalition parties, and now as stated in the last message, the protesters have agreed to allow the airport to open for international flights. However, it is extremely optimistic to expect things to be 100%!n(MISSING)ormal within a couple of days. See
Airports cannot be reopened quickly The latest statement by the Airports Authority of Thailand is that passenger services will not resume until 15DEC
See AOT Statement
Should your airline be fortunate enough to be offered a slot on the timetable for flying into U-tapao (Thai naval base outside Bangkok), there is no guarantee your other carrier will be able to take you to Hanoi. According to the Tourist Ministry there are now 350,000 tourists in the backlog waiting for flights out.
Sorry there is no really positive news that helps you out of your predicament.
Reply to this News this morning (Wednesday 10:40 03DEC) is that Airports of Thailand Acting President said some commercial flights may be resumed at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport at noon on Friday although it will take at least a week before the airport could resume full operations.
Reply to this Hello Baldev 😊
I certainly would not buy tickets to Thailand if I did not have them already, but if I did have them already and could not change them at no extra cost I would go. I am not advising others to do that, but it is what I would do.
I dont think anyone can tell if things are likely to improve. Who could have known that it would get this bad.
Mel
Reply to this I found a couple of links that might be of interest for travelers in or out of Suvarnabhumi Bangkok. I hope this helps.
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Flight information:
Arrivals and departures - - ->
Airport Suvarnabhumi
Bangkok Airport Online
Stranded passengers transferred to the hotels Tourist Information (www.airportsuvarnabhumi.com)
December 2nd, 2008
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports in cooperation with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT),
Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) and Thai Hotels Association (THA) transferred stranded passengers to the following hotels:
Imperial Queen’s Park
Address: 199 Sukhumvit Soi 22, Sukhumvit Road
Khlongtan, Khlongton District, Bangkok 10110
Tel:
Ibis Hotel
Address: 5 Soi Ramkhamhaeng 15, Ramkhamhaeng Rd.,
Bangkok 10240
Tel:Contact person: Khun Duangkamol (Tel:
Eastin Hotel
Address: 1091/343 New Petchburi Road, Makkasan,
Rajthevee, Bangkok 10400
Tel:E-mail:
Reply to this Thai Airways and the airports authority of Thailand were preparing to sue the demonstrators for damages resulting from the occupation of the airports, said Chaisak Anksuwan, general director of the Aviation Department. Legal action would be taken as soon as the damage was assessed, he said.
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Thailand restores international air links
I dont know where they expect the demonstrators to get that kind of money, but it will make them think twice before hi jacking the airport again.
Reply to this Hi guys, i'm flying heathrow to bangkok on saturday morning! the flight was delayed since tuesday but at least we're going. We're going to spend a couple of nights in bangkok, try not to get stuck in the middle of a red vs yellow riot!
Reply to this Pecking order?
In two weeks I'll be flying in from Addis Ababa. I hear that the airport is only 50% functional. Are they choosing the arrival flights based on some pecking order? i.e., the British, Australian and American airlines first?
Reply to this so whats happening now with the government? Has some new coalition formed?
What happens next time a minority want to disrupt parliament - block the airport again?!
Does this count as another coup?
questions, questions....
Reply to this so were are you guys now?? i think we spoke recently.is it still quiet in thailand??have the prices come down at all??wld be good to no mate pls. cheers rob.
Reply to this ^^^ good questions, anybody have answeres?
Not to be an alarmist but I do wonder why this came in so fast and without warning. I have this strange hunch that the unstable situation in the muslim south is becoming concerning to the Thai gov't. Possibly international extremist networks are putting things together and taking advantage of this opportunity of instability. Total hunch, so dont get excited, but i think it is possible.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/thailand2.htm
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