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Airports of Thailand (AoT) Plans Hat Yai Airport Expansion
4th May 2016
Airports of Thailand (AoT) is looking to expand the Hat Yai Airport and thus solve the overcrowding problem at the fifth busiest airport in Thailand. The expansion would have two stages and would increase the airport’s annual passenger capacity from the current 2.5 million to 10 million over the next 12 years.
The expansion, said to be worth several billion baht was revealed on Tuesday in the wake of a continued passenger surge throughput.
Hat Yai has an official capacity of 2.5 million passengers per year, but it is exceeding this number by far. Before September last year, the airport has processed 3.56 million passengers for 2015 alone and had 24,258 aircrafts land on its runway. That was a 21.19 per cent increase when it comes to passengers and 15.71 per cent in aircraft numbers compared to the year before.
In average, the airport has recorded an annual increase of 18.1 per cent over the last five years in passenger traffic and another 15.1 per cent in terms of plane landings and departures.
Hat Yai will have to Accept 9.1M Passengers in 2034
Hat Yai’s passenger traffic is showing no sign of slowing down and will only increase as years go by. By fiscal 2019, the expectations are that passenger traffic will exceed 4.5 million yearly passengers. This number will grow to almost 6 million in the next five years after that and then to 9.1 million in 2034.
As for aircraft movement, the number of departures and landings will grow from current 24,258 to 31,087 in 2019, then to 41,308 in 2024 and will reach 64,029 in 2034.
General Manager at Hat Yai Airport Rittirong Gornmanee explained how the expansion would go. The first stage of the upgrade is already under way, he said, and it should be finished by 2018. Once completed, the airport’s passenger capacity will increase to 4.5 million passengers a year.
The first, so called “urgent phase” of the upgrade will include an expansion of the apron, increasing the number of parking bays from seven to nine. In addition, the airport’s passenger terminal will also see some long overdue improvements.
Between 2019 and 2028, Mr Rittirong says, a new passenger and cargo terminals should be constructed and ready for operation, while the current passenger terminal will be removed to provide space for a taxiway and an improved apron.
Hat Yai connects with 10 destinations, seven in Thailand and three international. It is served by: AirAsia, Thai AirAsia, Bangkok Airways, Tiger Airways, Thai Lion Air, Thai Smile and Nok Air.
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