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Old 1st December 2008, 09:02 AM
Mick F Mick F is offline
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Ahhhh, what?
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Old 1st December 2008, 12:15 PM
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I like how the Thai PM or Prime Minister or President or whatever he's called over there says on the tele this morning the country is safe, thats why his minders took him off to his secluded mountain hideaway.
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Old 2nd December 2008, 12:10 PM
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On the late evening and early morning news it was mentioned that the protesters at the main airport had allowed some airlines to ferry out their 'stranded' aircraft (but no passengers from what I can gather).

Also mentioned was hundreds of tourists were fronting up at Utapao without confirmed flights causing a bit of chaos.

There was also a video of Australian tourists booking in for the flight out of Phuket; the display board showed QF6031 (I think as there was only a quick shot of the room) as the flight number which is coming to SYD via Singapore. Must have been at a hotel as they were then boarding a bus to take them to Phuket.

One Australian tourist who managed to get on a Thai flight out of Utapao said the aircraft was only half full as Thai Airways had not publicised this flight (??)and it was pure chance that these pax got on this flight
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Old 2nd December 2008, 09:32 PM
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Bangkok Airport to remain closed until December 15

BANGKOK international airport will remain closed until December 15 because of the blockade by anti-government protesters, the airport's manager says.
"The rally has caused massive damage to the country. We will try to open the airport as soon as possible," Serirat Prasutanond, acting head of Airports of Thailand said in a statement.

The closure refers to passenger flights. One cargo flight left on Tuesday and others were scheduled to follow, the first departures in a week.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-23109,00.html

What a mess this will be...2 more weeks of operating out of Phuket and Utapao.

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abc says otherwise

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Meanwhile, anti-government demonstrators have agreed to allow flights to resume from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport after a week-long blockade, a protest leader said.

"As of this moment the PAD has allowed flights to take off and land immediately, both passenger and cargo flights," senior alliance member Somkiat Pongpaiboon said.

The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) occupied Suvarnabhumi and the smaller Don Mueang domestic airport last week, stranding 350,000 passengers and causing massive damage to the Thai economy.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin
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Old 3rd December 2008, 12:21 AM
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Does anyone have a list of planes that were grounded at the two airports? There seemed to be heaps looking @ the pics!

Any overseas operators with equipment still there?
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Old 3rd December 2008, 05:11 AM
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Appears from news reports this morning that the rally is now over, and the airport shouold be reopening tomorrow..
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Old 3rd December 2008, 08:05 AM
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Does anyone have a list of planes that were grounded at the two airports? There seemed to be heaps looking @ the pics!

Any overseas operators with equipment still there?
I reckon that'd be a bit of a stretch.

well done to our friends in Bangkok, people power at its finest!

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Old 3rd December 2008, 08:19 AM
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The Today Show this morning on Channel 9 reported that even with Bangkok Airport reopening, Qantas won't fly there for the next two weeks. Presumably they will continue to route via Singapore.
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Old 3rd December 2008, 07:27 PM
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Thailand is always unstable politically, I really hope all airlines would learn a lesson today by cutting their Bangkok routes and consider connecting Europe and Australia via Hong Kong more.

I can sure that HKG will be politiclly more stable.

To be more practable and to smoothen the Kangaroo Route, I strong recoknd BA and QF must cut their SYD - BKK - LHR and replace it by SYD - HKG - LHR. Furthermore, since SK is also a QF FF's partner, SK should cut ARN - BKK and open ARN - HKG and codeshare QF for their HKG - Australia flights.
Did you stop to think that the reason why the airlines go to/through Bangkok is because quite a few people actually want to go to Thailand?
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