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Bangkok old airport reopening

Bangkok, Thailand - The Transport Minister decided to activate it again for domestic flights only

Bangkok's old Don Muang airport will be reopened for domestic flights in order to ease congestion at Suvarnabhumi airport the new airport which cost USD 4bn. The new airport has out-of-order aerobridges and taxiways and runways in bad conditions: last week operators counted around a hundred of cracks. The east runway of the airport, which has only been open four months, was closed for four hours...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 73278
Rome, Italy, 01/30/2007 16:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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