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Thai Deputy PM inspects Phuket airport project site

Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit has visited Phuket and followed up on the progress of the second Phuket airport project in Phang Nga, designed to accommodate over 5.5 million passengers yearly.
Thai Deputy PM inspects Phuket airport project site ảnh 1The expanded plans for the new airport to be built in Phang Nga were explained to Deputy Prime Minister Jurin Laksanavisit during a site inspection on Oct 25. (Photo: PR Dept/Phang Nga)

Bangkok(NNT/VNA) – Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisithas visited Phuket and followed up on the progress of the second Phuket airportproject in Phang Nga, designed to accommodate over 5.5 million passengersyearly.

The deputy prime ministerattended a briefing on the airport project in Phang Nga at Phuket terminalauditorium. He was accompanied by Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senniam.

The Phuket airport whichis run by the Airports of Thailand (AOT) can accommodate a maximum of 20flights per hour for domestic and international passengers. The airport’spassenger terminal is intended to accommodate 12.5 passengers yearly or 9,000passengers per hour. Last year, however, the airport accommodated about 18million passengers and 118,136 flights.

Due to limited space forfuture expansion, the second Phuket airport is being built in Phang Nga whichis located near the existing Phuket airport. The designated location is in KokKloy subdistrict of Takua Thung district of Phang Nga which is only 23kilometers from the existing Phuket airport. Road and rail transport projectswill be implemented to link Phuket airport with Phang Nga. Upon the completionof the second airport, about 25 million passengers will be accommodated yearly.

The deputy prime ministerassigned the deputy transport minister to decide whether the Department ofAirports or the AOT will be responsible for the construction of the secondPhuket airport in Phang Nga. The provincial governor of Phang Nga was assignedto follow up on the project and regularly report to the deputy prime minister./.
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