They are coming and going, but are passengers able to make the flights? Aircraft fly almost nonstop on a set schedule, airlines will not ground themselves waiting for passengers when they have other destinations they must get to.
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Suvarnabhumi Airport Cancels All Flights As Protesters Surge Into TerminalAIRPORT CLOSED FOR SECURITY REASONS
Started by george, 2008-11-25 21:29
#52
Epicurious Member Posted 2008-11-25 23:47:15
I've read every post here, and I can't make sense of the flight arrivals issue...
In one news report recounted here, the AOT dir is saying that ALL arrivals and departures are canceled as of tonight, and arriving flights will be rerouted to Phuket and Chiang Mai. But then it talked about those airports closing at 9 pm, which was about the time the Swampy closure took effect. How do you reroute flights to closed airports??? Then there were other items that talked about flight arrivals at Swampy still occurring tonight... What the H... is going on out there??? #53
Crazy Member Posted 2008-11-25 23:47:48
Reading: http://www.flightstats.com everything looks pretty normal. Trust me h90 i live close to the airport and the planes are not in the sky.  yes I looked again and now it is looking different. I may clicked somewhere wrong before...... So my posting was wrong. #54
Advanced Member Posted 2008-11-25 23:48:30
8:30 pm caught taxi at westin. Settled on 500 thb all included.
Headed to Bang na and took toll road and reached bang phli (so said a sign) by 8:54 Hit a police road block after a place called Rajatheva at 9:01 At 9:06 were at Thai Catering in stop and go traffic with some yellow shirts around. Looking up at highway it is totally blocked with parked cars and yellow shirts wandering around listening to people talking into megaphones or something. By 9:21 pm was in stop and go traffic passing Thai Control Post 2 some 300 meters from the terminal. At 9:30 I was in terminal on ground level. Lugged luggage upstairs. Announcements to leave terminal immediately for our own safety. A bunch of riot police in full gear marched through the terminal. Apparently a rush to the doors on level 2. After checking in was asked to go directly through immigration. But what about my VAT refund?  Headed over to VAT refund and they were rushing people through to immigration. They were clearing all the checking counters. The guys ate the VAT refund counters were uneasy. The convenience stores all closed. They were covering the windows of the lost luggage area with newsprint. Now 10pm and half checkin counters still not checking people in. Reports on TV that the airport is closed per a Thai business partner that just called. He said I should go through already as it isn't safe in his opinion. Went through immigration just in case. All shops collecting up their valuables and closing except food outlets. VAT refund said just keep for up to three years as they put the cash away. Even the massage places airside are closed. I'm posting from the TG lounge and my LY flight is boarding. It is now 11:52PM. I'll be heading to the plane shortly. #55
Senior Member Posted 2008-11-25 23:49:07
It is sad news that because of the troulbes in BK this week BA have halted flights to BK for the next 48 hours and could extend this beyond.This also happened to Kenya this year when they had troubles and within a week almost all carriers into Kenya ceased flying there.The damage is still being felt by Kenya with tourism down by 60% year on year.During these tough times all it needs is one carrier or operator to stop going to a destination and the rest follow like lost sheep because the troubles is an ideal excuse because they are not filling flights and are not filling hotels as they planned. Trust me my travel agent friends this is not good news for those who depend on tourists to make a living from. Laters Shakeyd Strange, BA on their website now are stating that only tonights departing flight from LHR to BKK and tomorrows from SYD to BKK is cancelled. Please provide the link where it states the 48 hr cancellation pls #56
Senior Member Posted 2008-11-25 23:51:59
what a dilema, I have a flight at 7.10 am, do i go to the airport on the off chance flights have resumed or do i stay at home, i will need to leave extra early to get there, the airline telephone is now closed.
i wll go to the airport #57
Advanced Member Posted 2008-11-26 00:02:11
I was booked on United Flight to Tokyo at 6.20am, just got a recorded message from the Airline sayings it's cancelled till 11pm tomorrow night, I guess they're hoping Somchai will have landed somewhere else by then and everyone will have gone home.
#58
Senior Member Posted 2008-11-26 00:03:13
So can anyone confirm if the airport is open or closed now the dusts settled?
#59
Senior Member Posted 2008-11-26 00:05:21
Flight at 7.25 am tomorrow to Malaysia. Can't get hold of anyone. Joke this
#60
Senior Member Posted 2008-11-26 00:10:35
"The government is fighting the people" Funny that, All the Thai people I talk to think PAD are a bunch of cnuts. Flight at 7.25 am tomorrow to Malaysia. Can't get hold of anyone. Joke this 7.10 am to malaysia here and i can't get hold of anyone either, i will go to the airport though just in case #61
Member Posted 2008-11-26 00:10:50
BA have cancelled there flights for tonight to Bangkok
#62
Epicurious Member Posted 2008-11-26 00:13:00
Getting back to the subject of the airport, and this thread...please!!!!
Just checked EVA's online flight status system... And, they had a flight due out at 12:30 am Wednesday (now) to Taiwan that shows canceled... But they also have a 1:30 pm flight Wednesday out to London that still shows on schedule. I'm guessing they're keeping it on that status, hoping that things will clear up by then... But then changing its status later if they don't. It doesn't sound like the PAD folks at the airport are likely to beat a hasty retreat... Based on what we know now, I wouldn't be rushing to catch any morning flights Wednesday at Swampy unless something drastic happens overnight. #63
Rare Species Member Eating Tough Leaves Posted 2008-11-26 00:18:50
Ready to help but no coup: Gen Anupong
By The Nation - Published on November 26, 2008;Wed, November 26, 2008 : Last updated 0:10 hours The armed forces will be unfaltering in safeguarding the country as well as the monarchy and will be quick to step in at any signs violence, but there will be no seizure of power because doing so will not end the political turmoil, Army chief General Anupong Paochinda said yesterday. "Every commander in the armed forces has agreed that a coup is not the right way to resolve the current predicament," he said. The military will not intervene in politics though soldiers will be ready to assist police should violence break out between rival crowds, he said, noting that at this juncture authorities had detected no sign of aggression. The People's Alliance for Democracy is threatening to unseat the government. All three wings of the armed forces are ready to help stop clashes, he said. First Army Region commander Lt-General Kanit Sapitak said he was optimistic the situation would not get out of control because Thais were unified in their support for the King regardless of their differing political opinions. Kanit said his office was closely monitoring the situation, and had seen no signs thus far of any bloodshed. He refused to speculate on how the crisis would end, saying he was not a policymaker but a soldier. He sidestepped the question on military intervention, saying the army chief alone could not make a decision on whether or not to stage a coup. - The Nation LaoPo #64
Senior Member Posted 2008-11-26 00:21:11
how likely is this to effect internet access in Thailand?  Brilliant!FF #65
Senior Member Posted 2008-11-26 00:26:39
Well looks like departures are suspended but arrivals are not.I would'nt like to be flying into that airport anytime soon until the authority's get there act together.
#66
Typhoon Member Posted 2008-11-26 00:31:15
Does anyone know if the hooligans have penetrated airside, or only before immigration? If airside, then security searches and checks would take ages even after control has been restored.
#67
Nocturnal Spooner Posted 2008-11-26 00:33:24
No disrespect of the King of Thailand or The Thai Royal Family! Discussion of topics concerning the King or other current or deceased members of the Thai Royal Family is forbidden.
Even indirect allusions.... #68
Nocturnal Spooner Posted 2008-11-26 00:39:29
A number of posts advocating murder have been deleted. Any more posts advocating the same will earn their posters an immediate ban.
#69
Senior Member Posted 2008-11-26 00:51:03
My wife and I just picked a friend up from Suvarnabhumi off TG996. We live in Lard Praw. We left early and had to go via Bang Naa and King Kaew Rd at Bang Phlii as I had heard on 91FM that the normal entrance road off the Chonburi Motorway was jammed solid. All was well until I reached the airport at around 8.30. Phanthamit were already controlling some of the roads on the airport extremities, the traffic situation was chaotic, we snail crawled along via the air cargo terminal road. I saw some Westerners dragging their suitcases from there. They were moving faster than we in our cars were! We eventually reached the number 3 car park which was only a third full. The Phanthamit group by this time were pouring in to the airport from the Chonburi motorway end, and were occupying the road outside the departure level. The noise they were making was incredible, they had loudspeakers mounted on several large trucks and the sound echoed off the terminal building. Judging crowd sizes is difficult but there were certainly well over a thousand of them. At this stage the only entry doors to the terminal building for departing passengers was on the arrivals level, as the police had all of the doors on Departure level blocked off. This was causing confusion as there was very few officials around downstairs to advise people how to get to Departures.
When we got inside the terminal, the shops and restaurants, banks etc were hurriedly closing and staff were blocking off the front of their premises with tables and chairs. At around 9.30 the public address system announced that ALL people in the terminal building should leave immediately for their own safety. This was repeated many times over the next 15 minutes or so, although very few people seemed to be paying any attention to it. the noise from the yellow shirts outside was unbelievable and it only seemed a matter of time before they forced their way in. The police in their riot gear were woefully outnumbered. Exactly at 10.30 the Phanthamit started to pour in through the doors on the departure level mainly at the Thai Airlines (Northern?) end. The police seemed to be unable to keep them out. Then rumours spread that the airport was now officially closed and all flights cancelled. It was pandemonium. Our friend appeared at the meeting point at 10.45pm or so and we made our way back to the car. On the way we talked to some people who had been trying to get a meter taxi back into town to try and find a hotel. Taxis were very scarce and the people said the drivers were screwing the passengers for all kinds of money to take them back into the city. Earlier in the evening they had been asking for 1000 Baht, and by this time it was much more than that!!I heard 2500 Baht mentioned. On the way out of the airport the outgoing lanes of the road leading to the Chonburi Motorway were only moderately busy, but the lanes inbound to the airport were jammed solid right back to the motorway. I hate to think how many outgoing passengers were stuck there. and are probably still stuck there!! Altogether a very disturbing experience, and it must have been very frightening for people just wanting to get out of Thailand and go home to be trapped like that. #70
Star Member Posted 2008-11-26 00:57:39
BA have cancelled there flights for tonight to Bangkok Quote  Protesters blocked entrance to Bangkok's international airport British Airways told Sky News that one flight to Bangkok had already been canelled and another flight had been diverted to Singapore. A BA spokesman said the decision was regrettable, but the deteriorating situation in Thailand had left them with little choice. -- Maestro #71
Senior Member Posted 2008-11-26 00:58:29
Just got in touch with a friend leving Thailand for work. Flight is cancelled and they are re-locating the passengers to a hotel in BKK. I guess all outbound flights are off for now.
#72
Star Member Posted 2008-11-26 01:10:34
Not a single flight scheduled between midnight and 1am has an actual departure time:
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International Gypsy Member Posted 2008-11-26 01:18:13
Not a single flight scheduled between midnight and 1am has an actual departure time: -- Maestro Edited by NanLaew, 2008-11-26 01:18:35. #74
Advanced Member Posted 2008-11-26 01:34:28
Not a single flight scheduled between midnight and 1am has an actual departure time:  20081126...partures.gif-- Maestro http://www.bangkokai...ne.com/node/129 <spam link deleted> Edited by Maestro, 2008-11-26 01:39:07. #75
Senior Member Posted 2008-11-26 01:43:17
Hi,
I'm writing this at about 1:40 AM Wed. I'm supposed to pick up a friend at the airport at 4 AM on a flight coming in from India. What's the situation likely to be at this early-morning hour. I heard at about 11 PM the only way to get there from the Sattorn area was Rama 3 to Bang Na Trad. I hate to delay things, but I wonder about the safety of all this. I'm considering waiting for him to call me rather than being there to pick him up on schedule. Would he be able to get a taxi out? Are they still trying to get 10 X normal rates? I guess I'm all questions - no answers. What to do? Buzzer |
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