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IATA Wants Thailand to Speed up Airport Upgrades
24th May 2017
Thailand, namely Airports of Thailand (AoT) is in the process of improving its airports to better serve both domestic and international passengers and accommodate more aircraft, but the whole thing is not progressing as quickly as it should. Therefore, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) now wants the country to speed up its airport upgrade efforts.
This was revealed by the Thai Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith following the talks he had with IATA executives this Monday.
According to the Minister, although this especially goes for Suvarnabhumi, it also applies to other airports as well, including those managed by the Department of Aviation (DoA).
He said the progress is taking “very slow”, but didn’t elaborate why. Only that IATA made it clear that it wants “swift action”.
Mr. Arkhom was present at the 30th IATA Group Handling Conference, where he said:
Asia-Pacific aviation, especially Thailand's, is growing very fast, so it [the IATA] wants Thailand to increase its airports' carrying capacity. The IATA also wants to see airport officials work faster.
Since IATA estimates that Thailand will become one of the top 10 tourist destinations in the world, the organization wants to see airports with better facilities by then. Although 20 years may seem like more than enough time, as Mr. Arkhom says, “it may take less than 20 years” for this scenario to come to light. Ergo, Thailand must begin working on it now.
The biggest problem and the main focus of these upgrades will, of course, be on Suvarnabhumi Airport. Developed in 2006, the airport is designed to handle 45 million passengers per year. This was sufficient back then, but since, the aviation industry boom, particularly in the region, has shown that this is not enough anymore. As a result, today the airport constantly suffers from congestions.
In 2015, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) red-flagged Thailand for a number of air safety issues and has canceled the Air Operating Licenses for the airlines from this country. Since then, all have been hard at work to fix those problems and several carriers, including Bangkok Air and Thai Airways International (THAI) have received their AoCs.
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