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Airport Prepares Contingency Plans Amidst Protests
6th Jan 2014
Airport officials of the country's primary gateway, Suvarnabhumi, will gather together to lay out contingency plans in their preparation to mitigate the effect of the ongoing political unrest in the capital.
The airport officials are alarmed by the reports that at least three major foreign-based carriers are hinting to reduce flights to the Thai capital starting this month due to the mass protest. These airlines include Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines.
Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines, in particular, are already planning to cut service to Bangkok due to fewer demands as the political crisis in the country enters onto its third month. However, none of the said airlines confirmed the issue as neither didn't send any notification to the airport office for such plans.
Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt, however, confirmed that he also received reports about Singapore Airlines and Hong Kong Airways cutting service to Bangkok soon.
It was reported that insurance firms in Hong Kong refused to provide services for flights to Thailand, prompting HK-based airlines to cancel certain flights to the country.
Another report was received by a source at Airports of Thailand Plc that some Chinese airlines are also mulling to cancel flights to Thailand.
Airport general manager, Rawewan Netrakavesna, wanted to meet with the members of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta) as well as Airline Operators Committee to find ways to lessen, if not avoid, the impact of the ongoing political unrest to their business.
He proposed to them to collect outbound passengers in designated areas in Bangkok then take them to the Makkasan Airport Rail Link station, after which they can board the Airport Link trains to the airport.
The airport official also allows the use of all park and ride spaces in the vicinity around the airport in case of severe traffic congestion on roads leading to the airport. Passengers shall then transfer to the waiting airport shuttle buses to proceed to their respective terminals.
Don Mueang airport general manager, Chaturongkapon Sodmanee, on the other hand, is also drawing his own plans to cushion the effect of the political crisis on the airport operation. He will allow the use of the air cargo building as a temporary car park if protesters will block the road leading to the airport.
He would also talk to the Transport Ministry to allow a short shuttle train service between Don Mueang station and Laksi station, in the event Vibhavadi Rangsit Road is barricaded by protesters.
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