Thailand: AoT denies plans to hike flight charge
The AoT will maintain the same rate of THB100 per person on domestic flights and THB700 per passenger on international flights, its president Nitinai Sirismatthakarn said Thursday. He was responding to a media report claiming the AoT planned to increase the passenger service charge to THB300 on domestic flights in an attempt to offset losses resulting from the high operating costs at airports handling domestic flights. The report claimed the largest cost was AoT's investment in installing airport security systems and luggage-scanning technology. But Nitinai denied any such proposal to raise the service charge was being submitted to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. The current charges -- usually included in the price of the ticket -- have been in place since 2006 when Suvarnabhumi airport first opened. <br/>
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Thailand: AoT denies plans to hike flight charge
The AoT will maintain the same rate of THB100 per person on domestic flights and THB700 per passenger on international flights, its president Nitinai Sirismatthakarn said Thursday. He was responding to a media report claiming the AoT planned to increase the passenger service charge to THB300 on domestic flights in an attempt to offset losses resulting from the high operating costs at airports handling domestic flights. The report claimed the largest cost was AoT's investment in installing airport security systems and luggage-scanning technology. But Nitinai denied any such proposal to raise the service charge was being submitted to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. The current charges -- usually included in the price of the ticket -- have been in place since 2006 when Suvarnabhumi airport first opened. <br/>
