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Thailand plans to upgrade airports nationwide

The Department of Airports (DoA) of Thailand is planning to spend 5.8 billion baht (191 million USD) upgrading airports across the country next year.
Thailand plans to upgrade airports nationwide ảnh 1A Thai AirAsia jet takes off from Krabi airport. (Photo: Post Today)


Bangkok (VNA) – The Department of Airports (DoA) ofThailand is planning to spend 5.8 billion baht (191 million USD) upgradingairports across the country next year.

DoA Acting Director-General Thawi Kesi-samang said the hugeinvestment in key regional airports is “urgent mission”. The department plansto conduct bids for the projects from early next year, he added.

Among them arethe 1.3-billion-baht construction of taxiways at Krabiairport, 800-million-baht and and 775-million-baht plans to build newterminals at Narathiwat and Buri Ram airports respectively and projects toexpand airport bays (500 million baht) and an international terminal (200million baht) at Surat Thani airport.

There was also urgentneed to step up construction of a new airport in Yala's Betong district, said Thawi,noting that it is scheduled to open in the middle of next year.

In the 10-year airportdevelopment plan worth 35 billion baht, up to 27 billion baht will be allocatedfor major upgrades at 17 airports between 2019 and 2022. The rest will go tofurther airport development until 2027.

Meanwhile, TransportMinister Saksayam Chidchob proposed extending the runway length at 38 airportsfrom 2,100 to 2,400 metres to serve large aircraft./.

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