Up, up and away
Suvarnabhumi Airport will get a six-month basic certification by early next week at the latest.
"This is to be ready for the inaugural flights with real passengers to Suvarnabhumi on the last Saturday of the month," Chaisak Angsuwan director-general of the Civil Aviation Department, said yesterday.
He confirmed the airport would not get any form of international certificate from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)."It's not the ICAO's job to certify airports," he said. "Aerodrome certification has to be done by the state authority in the country in which the airport is located." Suvarnabhumi general manager Somchai Sawasdeepon expressed confidence the airport would be fully open for commercial use in September despite the expected delay in some construction projects. "Airport opening and construction hand-overs are two separate issues. They won't affect each other," he said. Watcharapong Thongrung, The Nation
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