Thread: Suvarnabhumi world’s seventh most luxurious airport

Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport has been ranked the seventh most luxurious by Travel + Leisure magazine’s website.


The airport is rated second most luxurious in ASEAN.


Top of the list is Dubai International Airport, followed by London’s Heathrow, Qatar’s Hamad International Airport, Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Sydney International Airport, Singapore’s Changi Airport, Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Hong Kong International Airport, Frankfurt Airport and Japan’s Narita International Airport.


The criteria considered were their lounge facilities, designer stores and proximity to high-end hotels.


Thailand plans to increase Suvarnabhumi’s capacity to 150 million passengers annually by 2030.


A second passenger terminal, SAT-1, is already open and can accommodate 60 million passengers per year.


A third runway is scheduled to open this year, to increase the airport’s capacity to 90 flights per hour.


A fourth runway is already planned, which would boost capacity to around 120 flights per hour.

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The criteria considered were their lounge facilities, designer stores and proximity to high-end hotels.

so nothing whatsoever to do with the most important needs of the majority of the travelling public , such as convenience and costs of transport links including taxi services, punctuality, cleanliness, speed of baggage retrieval, efficiency of immigration and security.

Originally Posted by taxexile

so nothing whatsoever to do with the most important needs of the majority of the travelling public , such as convenience and costs of transport links including taxi services, punctuality, cleanliness, speed of baggage retrieval, efficiency of immigration and security.

Yeah, I noticed that too. Luxurious in this case meaning availability of luxurious facilities for those that can afford to pay.

I don't rate it highly at all, absolute shit fight of an airport

Has CDG been rebuilt since I was last there?

Terminal 1 used by Thai reopened post covid revamp didnt add RER still ole cdgval free shuttle to tgv station or Roissypole hub for RER to downtown

BOI immigration Fast Track and Thai air lounge make it palatable.