Flygplats i Bangkok stängd
Den gamla flygplatsen i Bangkok Don Mueang som främst används för inrikestrafik stängdes i dag då vatten börjat tränga in i området norrifrån. Den trafikeras av lågprisbolagen Nok Air och Orient Thai Airlines och trafiken har stoppats 25-31/10. Orient Thai Airlines har tills vidare flyttat sin trafik till Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
Jag landar (förhoppningsvis) på Suvarnabhumi tisdag den 1 nov.
Hoppas att översvämningen inte sätter stopp för detta ...
Man kan följa översvämningen här :
http://203.150.230.27/FloodMap/index.html?search=&locate=&xmin=11105110.04837066&ymin=1518928.8106264025&xmax=11303081.95162934&ymax=1639852.1893735975
Efter tre nätter i Bangkok flyger jag vidare till Chiang Mai
och senare åker jag buss till Chiang Rai. Osv.
Hoppas att översvämningen inte sätter stopp för detta ...
Man kan följa översvämningen här :
http://203.150.230.27/FloodMap/index.html?search=&locate=&xmin=11105110.04837066&ymin=1518928.8106264025&xmax=11303081.95162934&ymax=1639852.1893735975
Efter tre nätter i Bangkok flyger jag vidare till Chiang Mai
och senare åker jag buss till Chiang Rai. Osv.
Även Nok Air har flyttat till Suvarnabhumi Airport och återupptog viss del av trafiken i går.
"Nok Air is resuming flights by moving to Suvarnabhumi Airport today after an almost two-day suspension prompted by the closure of Don Mueang airport due to flooding.
However, it will fly a limited service initially, ramping up to its normal schedule of 40 flights a day by tomorrow.
Nok Air halted all flights through Bangkok from mid-day Tuesday and originally said the suspension would last through next Monday.
It will now put three of its 10 Boeing 737s, which were stored at the Royal Thai Navy-operated U-Tapao airport in Rayong province following the suspension, back into service for flights from Suvarnabhumi to key destinations such as Chiang Mai and Udon Thani.
Three more jets will be redeployed tomorrow to cover more suspended routes.
Nok Air normally serves 24 domestic destinations from its Don Mueang hub. The resumption will accommodate some of the 20,000 passengers stranded by Don Mueang's Tuesday closure.
Chief executive Patee Sarasin said the resumption of flights was being made possible by support from its major shareholder Thai Airways International and Airports of Thailand Plc, which provided takeoff and landing slots through busy Suvarnabhumi.
Nok Air was unable to transfer its flights immediately due to the lack of its own support facilities at Suvarnabhumi.
Orient Thai Airlines, the other airline operating through Don Mueang and also a budget carrier, was able to transfer flights to Suvarnabhumi as soon as Don Mueang closed, as it has operational support out there.
Nok Air passengers can check in at row D at Suvarnabhumi's terminal.
Speculation is that the floodwaters inundating Don Mueang airport may subside early next week, but Mr Patee said Nok Air would continue to operate out of Suvarnabhumi as long as any threat is posed to its normal hub.
Nok Air plans to operate flights to nine destinations through Suvarnabhumi until Nov 10 _ Chiang Mai, Phitsanulok, Udon Thani, Ubon Ratchathani, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Phuket and Hat Yai.
The flight stoppage cost the airline nearly 20 million baht in revenue."
Bangkok Post
Published: 27/10/2011 at 12:00 AM
"Nok Air is resuming flights by moving to Suvarnabhumi Airport today after an almost two-day suspension prompted by the closure of Don Mueang airport due to flooding.
However, it will fly a limited service initially, ramping up to its normal schedule of 40 flights a day by tomorrow.
Nok Air halted all flights through Bangkok from mid-day Tuesday and originally said the suspension would last through next Monday.
It will now put three of its 10 Boeing 737s, which were stored at the Royal Thai Navy-operated U-Tapao airport in Rayong province following the suspension, back into service for flights from Suvarnabhumi to key destinations such as Chiang Mai and Udon Thani.
Three more jets will be redeployed tomorrow to cover more suspended routes.
Nok Air normally serves 24 domestic destinations from its Don Mueang hub. The resumption will accommodate some of the 20,000 passengers stranded by Don Mueang's Tuesday closure.
Chief executive Patee Sarasin said the resumption of flights was being made possible by support from its major shareholder Thai Airways International and Airports of Thailand Plc, which provided takeoff and landing slots through busy Suvarnabhumi.
Nok Air was unable to transfer its flights immediately due to the lack of its own support facilities at Suvarnabhumi.
Orient Thai Airlines, the other airline operating through Don Mueang and also a budget carrier, was able to transfer flights to Suvarnabhumi as soon as Don Mueang closed, as it has operational support out there.
Nok Air passengers can check in at row D at Suvarnabhumi's terminal.
Speculation is that the floodwaters inundating Don Mueang airport may subside early next week, but Mr Patee said Nok Air would continue to operate out of Suvarnabhumi as long as any threat is posed to its normal hub.
Nok Air plans to operate flights to nine destinations through Suvarnabhumi until Nov 10 _ Chiang Mai, Phitsanulok, Udon Thani, Ubon Ratchathani, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Phuket and Hat Yai.
The flight stoppage cost the airline nearly 20 million baht in revenue."
Bangkok Post
Published: 27/10/2011 at 12:00 AM
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Jag åker till Bangkok på måndag, peppar, peppar ...
Jag åker till Bangkok på måndag, peppar, peppar ...
Tror inte det är någon fara m översvämningar på nya flygplatsen, innestan är fortf idag fri fr vatten och man har nu åter öppnat tågtrafiken norrut fr Bangkok som har legat nere i över en månad! Även om det kanske är på väg att avta så smått räknar man med att det kommer ta 2-3 v efter att vattnet gått tillbaka innan man har fått någorlunda ordning igen! Däremot råder de brist på framförallt flaskvatten långt mer än i BKK o dess närmaste omgivning men vatten ska vara på väg in i landet fr andra länder!>Citerat från labrem:
hm...hoppas allt blir ok på 13.nov. i Bangkok, för att vi tänkte landa där. Vi har redan bokat 2 nätter där länge sen. Men nu blir det orolig situation om suvarnabhumi blir oxå täck av vattnet...