Thailand: Bangkok’s New Airport Has Problems

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | 1 comment | February 1st, 2007 | Trackback

Bangkok’s new international airport is beset with problems, from cracked taxiways to leaky roofs to inadequate bathrooms to luggage snafus. The national airport authority has found some 61 issues needing repair or redesign that will cost an estimated $45 million and six months to fix. Perhaps worst, Thailand’s Department of Civil Aviation did not renew the airport’s interim international safety certificate. The airport can operate without one—the now-retired Don Muang International Airport never had one—but it does little to inspire confidence in the facility.

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