About 100 shipping agents held a protest at Suvarnabhumi international airport against the increase of parking fees at the so-called
free zone.'

Mr Prateep Satjathep who represented the protesting shipping agents told the media on Wednesday that the airport management had arbitrarily raised the parking fees at the free zone from 130 to 300 baht/month for a motorcycle, to 600 baht from 400 baht/month for a car and 600 baht to 900 baht/month for a six-wheel truck.

Hourly parking fee is also increased, said Mr Prateep,

One of the protesters, Mr Navik Rodrung, said he normally rides a motorcycle to park at the free zone every day and pays the parking fee on hour basis at 3 baht per hour. Normally, he said he paid 40 baht parking fee a day.

Under the new parking fee rate, Navik said he would have to dish out 70 baht for parking fee which is too high for him so he now parks his motorbike outside the free zone.

Mr Prayuth Plakadthong, director of duty-free and cargo terminal, later tried to talk with the protesters to end the project. He promised to put on hold the new parking fees.

The protesters later dispersed apparently satisfied with the promise.

Shipping agents protest against parking fee increase at Suvarnabhumi airport - Thai PBS English News