B4.5bn spent to upgrade local airports
The Department of Airports has spent more than 4.5b baht to<br/>improve the capacity of 29 regional airports, as part of a plan to facilitate a target of more than 41m passengers next year, the DoA said. "It is estimated that in 2023 there will be more than 41m passengers visiting airports under the DoA, an increase from the 29m passengers during the pandemic," director-general Parinya Saengsuwan<br/>said yesterday. It is unclear which period he was referring to. He said the number of commercial flights is consistently increasing and<br/>the department spent the money to revamp air travel networks in<br/>Thailand. Moreover, the department aims to operate check-in counters with multiple airlines so to save passengers' time, he said. The counters will be in service by the end of next year, he said. He said the multi-billion-baht investment contributed to construction<br/>projects in many regional airports. For example, Terminals 1–3 at Krabi Airport now can handle 3,000 passengers per hour or 8m per year,<br/>as opposed to the previous 1,500 per hour, he said. Capacity at Khon Kaen and Nakhon Si Thammarat airports has doubled as a result of the investment, he said. He said the DoA is also building other airport infrastructures, including taxiways, runways, aprons, and terminals, at regional airports in Nan, Surat Thani, Chumphon, Satun, Mukdahan, and Bueng Kan provinces. The project is currently going through its Environmental Impact Assessment. The DoA is also working on a Transport Ministry project to build a bridge connecting the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman coasts to boost the southern economy.<br/>
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B4.5bn spent to upgrade local airports
The Department of Airports has spent more than 4.5b baht to<br/>improve the capacity of 29 regional airports, as part of a plan to facilitate a target of more than 41m passengers next year, the DoA said. "It is estimated that in 2023 there will be more than 41m passengers visiting airports under the DoA, an increase from the 29m passengers during the pandemic," director-general Parinya Saengsuwan<br/>said yesterday. It is unclear which period he was referring to. He said the number of commercial flights is consistently increasing and<br/>the department spent the money to revamp air travel networks in<br/>Thailand. Moreover, the department aims to operate check-in counters with multiple airlines so to save passengers' time, he said. The counters will be in service by the end of next year, he said. He said the multi-billion-baht investment contributed to construction<br/>projects in many regional airports. For example, Terminals 1–3 at Krabi Airport now can handle 3,000 passengers per hour or 8m per year,<br/>as opposed to the previous 1,500 per hour, he said. Capacity at Khon Kaen and Nakhon Si Thammarat airports has doubled as a result of the investment, he said. He said the DoA is also building other airport infrastructures, including taxiways, runways, aprons, and terminals, at regional airports in Nan, Surat Thani, Chumphon, Satun, Mukdahan, and Bueng Kan provinces. The project is currently going through its Environmental Impact Assessment. The DoA is also working on a Transport Ministry project to build a bridge connecting the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman coasts to boost the southern economy.<br/>
