AirAsia takes off from new hub at old Bangkok international airport

Thai AirAsia Co Ltd had been based at Suvarnabhumi Airport, but the government urged it to move to Don Mueang Airport to release pressure on the overtaxed and troubled-plagued Bangkok hub that opened in 2006.

 

"I am satisfied with the operations at the (Don Mueang) Airport sofar, including immigration and check-in services, which have not caused any flight delays," Thai AirAsia chief executive Tassapon Bijleveld told Thai PBS television. "At Suvarnabhumi, delays inlanding queues and the cost of aircraft circling the airport added 2 to 3 per cent to our operating costs."   Thailand's second-largest carrier by revenue and passenger volume joined Nok Airlines Co Ltd, Orient Thai Airlines Co Ltd, Solar Aviation Co Ltd (Solar Air) and charters at Don Mueang, which reopened in March after being forced to close in October last year because of Thailand's worst flooding in more than 50 years.//DPA