"SUVARNABHUMI"

Thitikarn Thapasit and Ausanee Udkamtiang shared the lead in the 15-18 girls flight after each opened their campaign with a 67 in Event #2 of the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship at the Suvarnabhumi Golf and Country Club on Monday.

The talented Natchanok Tunwannaruk was hot on her heels as she fired a sizzling 65 to establish a six-stroke advantage in the girls’ 15-18 division of the Notah Begay III Junior National Championship at the Suvarnabhumi Golf and Country Club on Sunday.

Suvarnabhumi is ready to receive foreign travellers and has put in place facilities under the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand’s guidelines and the government’s regulations to contain the spread of Covid-19.

More land needs to be expropriated for the construction of a high-speed railway linking Bangkok’s two airports with U-Tapao airport in the East coast.

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is concerned over the standoff at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Friday when Thai returnees from overseas refused to be quarantined while some reportedly sneaked out through airport checkpoints, a source from the Covid-19 Administration Centre at Government House revealed.

A public rights activist has criticised Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT), the operator of Suvarnabhumi Airport, for avoiding paying compensation to aggrieved locals since the airport started operation in 2004.

Thr second-phase expansion of Suvarnabhumi Airport is 60 per cent complete and will be opened in November 2020, a senior Airports of Thailand (AOT) official said..

Airports of Thailand (AOT) president Nitinai Sirismatthakarn recently noted that the six airports under AOT administration are serving 141.87 million passengers annually while the accumulated capacity of them is only 101 million passengers.

Wing Commander Suthirawat Suwanawat, general manager of Suvarnabhumi Airport, Airports of Thailand (AOT), said on Friday (October 25) that Suvarnabhumi Airport will close the eastern runway (runway 01R-16L) and rapid exit taxiway at night from 1.30 to 8.30 am to repair and improve the surface.

A Chinese passenger was arrested early Tuesday for hanging on to a bag containing cash and a mobile phone that had been dropped by an Iranian passenger, police said.

In response to celebrity English-language teacher Andrew Biggs complaining about the long queues at Suvarnabhumi Airport, the Immigration Bureau has clarified that it had already mobilised more personnel to facilitate immigration clearance.

The number of passengers arriving at Suvarnabhumi Airport is expected to rise to 200,000 a day when winter starts in October, the airport’s general manager said Tuesday.