BANGKOK AIRPORT closures are having a major spill-over effect on Phuket today as 21 scheduled flights between the island and the nation's capital have been cancelled, an airport executive at Phuket International Airport says.
The woman, who asked not to be named since she was not authorized to speak to the press, told Phuketwan that all flights today until 6pm between Phuket and Bangkok have been cancelled.
Suvarnabhumi airport has been closed since yesterday morning and domestic terminal Don Mueang was closed down today.
Phuket airport is open but has had to cancel all flights to Bangkok. Other routes are seeing delays as a result of the closures in the capital.
For flights departing or arriving after 6pm, airport authorities would evaluate the situation this afternoon and act accordingly.
Cancelled flights include 11 from Thai Airways, eight AirAsia flights and two from Bangkok Airways.
Financial losses to the Phuket airport were difficult to estimate now, she says.
Phuket airport brings in more than 5 million visitors to the island annually, but has faced major disruptions to its service this year. In late August, the airport was shut down by Phuket-based PAD supporters, causing millions of baht in losses and widespread cancellations.
AirAsia is reporting on its website that its single Phuket-Singapore and Singapore-Phuket flights are also cancelled.
AirAsia, which operates out of Suvarnabhumi airport, has cancelled 32 domestic and 26 international scheduled flights today.
Thai Airways, Thailand's national carrier, is reporting estimated daily losses of 500 million baht.
Both Suvarnabhumi and Don Meuang airports in Bangkok remain closed down after being laid siege by PAD anti-government protesters, putting a stranglehold on the country's 700-billion-baht tourism industry.
People planning travel to and from Phuket today are urged to contact their airlines before going to the airport.
The airport has also set up a hotline. Tel: 076 351595, 076 351593, 076 351561, 076 351152.
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The woman, who asked not to be named since she was not authorized to speak to the press, told Phuketwan that all flights today until 6pm between Phuket and Bangkok have been cancelled.
Suvarnabhumi airport has been closed since yesterday morning and domestic terminal Don Mueang was closed down today.
Phuket airport is open but has had to cancel all flights to Bangkok. Other routes are seeing delays as a result of the closures in the capital.
For flights departing or arriving after 6pm, airport authorities would evaluate the situation this afternoon and act accordingly.
Cancelled flights include 11 from Thai Airways, eight AirAsia flights and two from Bangkok Airways.
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Financial losses to the Phuket airport were difficult to estimate now, she says.
Phuket airport brings in more than 5 million visitors to the island annually, but has faced major disruptions to its service this year. In late August, the airport was shut down by Phuket-based PAD supporters, causing millions of baht in losses and widespread cancellations.
AirAsia is reporting on its website that its single Phuket-Singapore and Singapore-Phuket flights are also cancelled.
AirAsia, which operates out of Suvarnabhumi airport, has cancelled 32 domestic and 26 international scheduled flights today.
Thai Airways, Thailand's national carrier, is reporting estimated daily losses of 500 million baht.
Both Suvarnabhumi and Don Meuang airports in Bangkok remain closed down after being laid siege by PAD anti-government protesters, putting a stranglehold on the country's 700-billion-baht tourism industry.
People planning travel to and from Phuket today are urged to contact their airlines before going to the airport.
The airport has also set up a hotline. Tel: 076 351595, 076 351593, 076 351561, 076 351152.
Phuket Protesters Mobilized to Bangkok
Phuket PAD supporters are rushing to join the escalating political action in Bangkok as the capital's airport remains under siege.
Phuket Protesters Mobilized to Bangkok
Phuket Airport Open but Tourists Trapped
Thousands of tourists cannot reach Phuket today as Suvarnabhumi airport's closure has forced inbound flights to cancel. Resorts offer 70 percent discounts for stranded passengers.
Phuket Airport Open but Tourists Trapped
I am stuck in Cambodia and unable to get to Bangkok as planned if the occupation of the Thai airports continues. Those poor, deluded middle-class suckers who have pandered to the PAD must soon realise that they have made the tourist industry a golden sacrifice to the political aspirations of a few crazy leaders. Jobs will go by the thousands, people will be driven into poverty by this sheer lunacy. And nothing will change. Things will just get worse.
Posted by angelfire on November 27, 2008 13:34