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Thursday, December 4th, 2008

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Customs Department satisfied overall performance

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

Customs Department officials are satisfied with the overall performance of Suvarnabhumi Airport on its first two days of full operations, despite minor issues in cargo handling.

“There were no problems with passenger service, but some import-export entrepreneurs were inconvenienced when denied access to certain areas under the authority of multiple agencies. The overlap was caused by a lack of communication,” said Sathit Limpongpan, the director-general of the department.

“It was not serious, though. The department will hold a talk among the agencies involved as soon as possible and everything will be completely resolved.”

The department is offering an alternative to help cut time at customs. Any passenger who has goods to declare can send the necessary information to the airport before their arrival in Bangkok. While the passengers are on their way, officials can calculate the necessary tax.

“This will help accelerate customs,” said Sathit.

Over 100 companies have already informed the department of their readiness to use the paperless system, according to Surachart Chanthavatcharakorn, director of Suvarnabhumi’s Customs Service Section.

As for cargo procedures at the airport, the new E-Customs equipment, which is aimed at reducing time and paperwork, will not be fully installed until January 2007.

“We postponed the E-Customs plan for another three months so as to give businesses time to adjust to the paperless system,” said Sathit. (TNA)



Fingerprint identification equipment to be installed at Suvarnabhumi Airport

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

The Immigration Bureau plans to install fingerprint identification equipment at Suvarnabhumi Airport within the next two months.

“Immigration procedures at Suvarnabhumi are very fast. It takes only 20 seconds for the average passenger. It will be even faster when we finish installing the fingerprint identification units,” said Police Lieutenant General Suwat Tumrongsriskul, Immigration Bureau Commissioner, who inspected the new airport Friday during its first day of full commercial service.

In addition to fingerprint scanning equipment, immigration police plan to install additional electronic passport control technology, which they hope will also be in place before the end of November.

During the inspection, Suwat dismissed concerns over criminals possibly taking advantage of the transition period between Bangkok International Airport (Don Muang) and Suvarnabhumi to sneak in or out of the country.

“We have installed passport reading machines at the gate. The passengers need to present their passport a second time before boarding an aircraft. This is to prevent the usage of bogus passports. The machines are also connected to a database of wanted persons,” said Suwat.

For arriving flights, the Immigration Bureau has requested that airlines submit a passenger manifest before a plane arrives, again for security and efficiency purposes. Police can scrutinise the data and, therefore, accelerate procedures before passengers even reach immigration booths.

The new equipment is part of a global trend among international airports to utilise biometric scanning technology for security and efficiency purposes.



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