Thread: Suvarnabhumi passenger traffic up 43% in November

Suvarnabhumi passenger traffic up 43% in November
Greg Waldron

Total passenger traffic at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport grew 43% year-on-year in November to 3.7 million, one year after the airport was temporarily closed by demonstrators.

Aircraft movements at Suvarnabhumi, Thailand's main gateway, grew 25% to 21,620, says Airports of Thailand. The airport's freight traffic grew 36% to 106,907 tonnes.

The strong growth is likely due to the absence of disruptions at the airport.

On 25 December 2008, anti-government protesters stormed Suvarnabhumi, forcing it to close until 5 December, causing hundreds of flight cancellations and stranding thousands of passengers. Bangkok's Don Mueang airport was also shut, from 27 December to 5 December.

Apart from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang, AOT also operates airports in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket, and Hat Yai.

Passenger traffic for all six airports grew 34% to 4.9 million in November.

Total freight movements rose 33% to 113,189 tonnes.

flightglobal.com

Passenger count up but tourists count down? Very strange

yr on yr and last yr some folks had alternate ideas for the facility at this time

ps there's a typo in the OP the dates should read Nov to Dec not Dec to Dec

Ahh, still a bit thick headed this morning, bro came a visiting last night with his good friend Stollichnaya

When you take into account, Swampy was closed for 5 or 6 days last November, the 36% increase figure is a bit pointless without factoring in how many people would have passed through the airport last year during those days.

not really cause they didn't ,

does give an indication of the damage though

Originally Posted by Mid

The strong growth is likely due to the absence of disruptions at the airport.

Hmmm possibly.......

Me, personally, wouldn't mind if the fockin' traffic was down 43% as the place is a mob scene - even at 2 am! And, it's tourists for the most part...

I really don't like this airport