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Air India to take off from Suvarnabhumi Airport

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Air India, India’s flagship carrier has been given green signal by the Government of Thailand to operate its flights from the new Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok from 28th September, 2006.

AI348, operating on the Delhi-Bangkok-Shanghai route will be the first AI flight to take-off for Shanghai at 15.05hrs on 28th September 2006 from the new international aviation hub of Bangkok.

The Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok not only measures five times the size of the existing Don Muang Bangkok International Airport, but also brings with it other record breaking features.




AOT Crisis Centre set up as Suvarnabhumi countdown begins

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Airports of Thailand Plc. (AOT) has established a crisis centre as officials make final preparations for Suvarnabhumi Airport’s opening early Thursday.

“The centre will deal with problems in various areas including check-in, electricity, and computer and communications systems,” said Chotisak Asapaviriya, AOT president, who also voiced concern that the airport staff was still a little unfamiliar with the new equipment.

Though, he is confident there will be no major problems on Thursday.

The AOT’s centre is similar to one created by the Ministry of Transport, which aims to control traffic congestion during the transition period that began Wednesday with Thai Airways International Plc. relocating all remaining essential equipment to the new hub.




Advance IT systems ready at Suvarnabhumi Airport

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Suvarnabhumi Airport has already laid claim to many superlatives – it has the tallest flight control tower in Asia and the world’s largest passenger terminal – but it also boasts a number of superlatives in terms of technology.

The Cargo Free Zone is the largest RFID implementation in the region and in terms of data storage, the Airport Information Systems and security systems together are the largest storage deployment that the local branch of EMC Thailand has provided.

Suvarnabhumi will also be the first place in Thailand where WCDMA 2100 MHz 3G antennas have been installed – years ahead of the formal introduction of 3G to this country.




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