Safety approval for new airport due on Friday, AOT says
Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT) expects Bangkok's new international airport to
be certified for safety by the UN International Civil Aviation Organisation
on Friday, said AOT president Chotisak Asapaviriya.
"The certificate will help boost the confidence of both domestic and international airlines using Suvarnabhumi International Airport, before its scheduled opening on September 28," he said.Chotisak said the company would assess any problems at the airport after the flight tests scheduled for July 29. Besides the six local airlines that will conduct 13 commercial test flights, he said some foreign airlines were interested in making test flights. These include Angel Airline of Singapore and Jetstar Asia Airway, a budget carrier based in Australia. The six local airlines that will make test flights are Thai Airways International, Nok Air, Thai AirAsia, Orient Thai, PB Air and Bangkok Airways. The airlines that will conduct test flights will receive free services from Aeronautical Radio of Thailand and Thai Aviation Refuelling Co Ltd - the 90-per-cent owned subsidiary of Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services Plc. Chotisak said AOT had ordered a state unit to conduct a feasibility study for building a separate low-cost terminal, which budget carriers have requested. "Whether or not the new airport gets a low-cost terminal should be decided within the new two or three weeks," Chotisak said. Watcharapong Thongrung, The Nation
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