Phuket Airport 100% ready

Phuket International Airport Director Pornchai Eua-aree insisted Tuesday that the airport is "100 per cent ready" in terms of safety measures and to resume full operation following the Sunday's plane crash.

The airport receives the confirmation of landing and take-offs of 106 flights per day, he said.

The airport's maximum capacity is 114 flights a day.

 He also insisted that located by the shore, despite strong wind the airport does not constitute any obstacles in landing and take-off.

"(Before the One-Two-Go Fight OG029 accident), no plane had never skidded off the runway. This is the first time and we're not yet sure if the plane really skidded off as the investigation is underway,"  he noted.

 He also insisted that emergency measures have been well-prepared in line with the standards imposed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

It was reported that a large number of passengers, foreign and local, are at the airport to check in like it was before the accident.

Most of them said they are undeterred by the accident and are confident with the safety standard at the airport. However, they said that they would stick to mainstream airlines.

On the way back to Bangkok, Praphan Sirikururat, 49, said he arrived in Phuket on Sunday. He is still confident in the safety standards at the airport, for landing and take-off. He is a regular customer of Thai Airways International.

- The Nation