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Suvarnnabhumi Airport: gateway to tourism in the East

Suvarnnabhumi Airport: gateway to tourism in the East

All systems at Suvarnabhumi airport will be ready for the opening of its full-scale commercial service at 3 a.m. on September 28 when Don Muang airport will be closed to scheduled flights, caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said. If this finally becomes reality Thai people will be proud of Suvarnnabhumi airport which is the largest airport in South East Asia and Thailand will be the hub of regional aviation.

To open Suvarnnabhumi airport instead of Don Muang also has an important factor that effect on East in Thailand because it is located in Samutprakarn which is the gateway to the East, not far from Chonburi and Chacherngsao. Therefore Suvarnbhumi being situated at the heart of business growing in East such as the business sector, industry and tourism commands an important strategic position.

It is for certain that Pattaya is one of cities that Suvarnbhumi airport will influence greatly and will affect the development of tourism business because Pattaya is a famous tourist city and near Suvarnbhumi airport. Pattaya is in a far superior location to other cities such as Chiang Mai, Samui, Phuket. In this issue we would like to present relevant information in relation to this airport.

Suvarnbhumi Airport is a large international airport that is very important in supplementing to the development the business, society, tourism and other facets of Thailand. The government planned the construction the airport as a symbolic period for the nation. All organizations had to coordinate for progress the project to be completed in time in order to attain the goal.

Later this summer, Suvarnabhumi Airport will be opened open in Thailand, replacing the 91 year old Don Muang International Airport in Bangkok. Suvarnnabhumi, meaning “Golden Land” is in an area known as Nong Ngu Hao, or “Cobra Swamp”. The complex covers 32 square kilometers, and has the world’s tallest control tower (132 meters). The passenger terminal has 360 check-in counters, 120 gates, and accommodations for handling 45 million passengers a year. Surrounding the airport are flooded rice paddies. Suvarnnabhumi Airport covers an area of some 20,000 rai (8,000 acres). The new international airport is located about 15 km off the East-bound Bangna-Trat Highway in Bang Phli District, Samut Prakarn Province and is about 25 km. from downtown Bangkok.

Adjacent to the land reserved for core airport activities, the 8000 acres airport site provides flexibility for the development of real estate activities. An Airport City will take shape in 2006 in the area surrounding the new airport and will involve investments totaling 135 billion baht over 30 years. The Airport City is designed to accommodate financial and commercial services including retail and entertainment businesses in order to attract industry and help Suvannabhumi Airport compete with other international airports in the region and, as well as, to generate additional substantial revenue to the airport.

A selected list of activities which will complement and enhance the image of Suvarnnabhumi Airport is being studied. They include additional hotels, conference/convention halls and exhibition complexes, warehouse facilities in connection with air cargo activities, industrial space and leisure shopping facilities, and industries that are of extremely time-sensitive. A definite master land use plan for the development of strategic real estate activities will be developed not only to generate greater revenue for Suvarnnabhumi Airport and AOT but also to contribute to its attractiveness as a major aviation hub.

Airport Terminal Complex
Total Floor Area: 500,000 sq. m (world's largest for a single terminal complex - the roof trellis will also be the largest of its kind).

Capacity: 30 million passenger a year first phase (ability to handle 76 flights per hour), The capacity would increased to 45-50 million passenger per annum after second run way is completed and buildings space expanded (by 2006). The airport will be expanded to its ultimate capacity (all phase) by 2010 to handle 112 flights per hour and accommodating 100 million passengers each year and the ability to handle 1.46 million tons of cargo per year Handling 51 aircraft stands and 24 remote parking bays for wide-bodied aircraft.

Transport Connection
Highways are being built (connecting Bangkok's outer ring road?) Mass transit link: the government proposed to extend the Skytrain from Onnuj); SRT's highspeed rail project from Huay-Kwang to Lad Krabang to Chonburi will have a spur line connecting the New Airport

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