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Suvarnabhumi » Airlines back to normal operations at Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airport Thailand

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

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Thai Airways International and Cathay Pacific Airways resumed normal flights at Suvarnabhumi from 11am 5 December 2008 after the airport formally reopens, while other major airlines will resume scheduled flights in the coming days. Thai Airways‘ emergency check-in counters at Bitec were closed, with its counters at Suvarnabhumi open from 6am since last Friday.

Emirates, Qantas and Jet Airways announced the resumption of normal commercial flights from Suvarnabhumi from Saturday 6 December 2008. Jet Airways has already operated two flights from New Delhi to Suvarnabhumi on that day.

Lufthansa resumed normal operations on Sunday 7 December 2008. Visit www.lufthansa.com for the latest details.

PB Air said flights to Da Nang in Vietnam resumed from Suvarnabhumi already. Regular PB Air flights to the domestic destinations of Lampang, Nan, Nakhon Phanom, Sakon Nakhon, Roi Et and Buri Ram have resumed their normal operations since last week.

Northwest Airlines also announced it was resumed scheduled flights since last week as well. Northwest insisted that it had no plans to stop flying to and from Thailand.

Cathay Pacific Airways will operate four flights from Hong Kong to Bangkok and three from Bangkok to Hong Kong daily. While the airport was closed, Cathay Pacific used Boeing 777-300 aircraft to help passengers and crew left stranded at U-tapao Airport.

British Airways has already arranged for an extra Boeing 777 with 272 seats to leave Phuket on last Friday at 4.30am.

Emirates, the Dubai-based airline, had previously operated a recovery flight each to U-tapao Airport and Chiang Mai Airport, bringing back close to 600 passengers. It has also offered passengers the option to reroute their travel from alternative airports in Thailand and other Southeast Asian points such as Kuala Lumpur, Singapore or Hong Kong.

Airports of Thailand acting president Serirat Prasutanond said all public transport services at Suvarnabhumi were already resumed its normal operations. They cover scheduled buses, vans, limousines, Airport Express buses and shuttle buses. Taxis was resumed operations at the second floor of the terminal building since last Friday, while the long-term parking lots are ready for full service as well.

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