Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport can shine again Bangkok Post Editorial When it was opened to the public in 2006, Suvarnabhumi Airport reflected the mood and aspirations of the entire nation. The airport’s main terminal — a sprawling glass-and-steel structure that covered an area of about 500,000 square metres before its subsequent expansions — was designed to […]
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Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports set for $4.8bn expansion The operator of Thailand’s two main airports plans to spend about US$4.8 billion to more than double capacity by the end of the decade to cope with a surge in post-coronavirus-pandemic tourism. In the biggest expansion of Suvarnabhumi airport since it opened in 2006 in […]
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Air force Kantarat golf course out, Bangkok’s Don Mueang airport runway link in Airports of Thailand (AoT) might have to pay at least three billion baht in compensation to the air force if it decides to adopt the area that is currently home to the air force’s Kantarat Golf Course, said Defence Ministry spokesman Jirayu […]
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Airports of Thailand aims for Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport to return to world’s top 50 airports New procedures and annex to boost rank Airports of Thailand (AoT) plans to upgrade Suvarnabhumi airport, aiming to make it one of the world’s top 50 by next year and top 20 by 2028, Kirati Kijmanawat, AoT director says. Mr […]
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Highway Connecting Kolkata To Bangkok Likely To Open In 4 Years The longest part of the highway will go through India from Moreh, Kohima, Guwahati, Srirampur, Siliguri to Kolkata. The Kolkata-Bangkok Highway, a major infrastructure project aimed at enhancing connectivity between India and Thailand, is likely to open to the public within the next four […]
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Four companies to jointly invest in 15 power plants in Thailand Earth Tech Environment. Gulf Energy Development, Waste Tech Exponential, and Better World Green Local power and waste management companies have teamed up to co-invest in 12 waste-to-energy power plants and three refuse-derived fuel production facilities in a move to support the state’s bio-, circular […]
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Thailand’s Rama 2 Road construction, ongoing since 1970, to be completed within end of 2025 Setting an ambitious goal, the government said construction on Rama 2 Road, which has been ongoing since 1970, will be completed before the end of 2025. Government Spokesperson Chai Watcharong said the remaining construction contracts for the road include: An […]
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Mitsubishi Power Begins Commercial Operation of Seventh M701JAC Gas Turbine in Thailand GTCC Project Achieves 75,000 AOH To-Date — Plants in Rayong and Chonburi are Owned by Joint Venture Between Gulf Group and Mitsui & Co., Ltd., with Final Output of 5,300MW from Eight Systems — ・ Unit three of four of the Rayong power […]
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Fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge linking Thailand’s Bueng Kan province and Laos’ Pakxan town to ‘open in November 2024’ The fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, which links Bueng Kan province of Thailand and Pakxan town in Laos, will open for public use this November, Deputy Transport Minister Manaporn Charoensri said on Friday. This bridge will run from […]
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Thailand’s Minimum wage hits construction prices Higher wages drive up labour costs The new daily minimum wage, which became effective in early January, drove up home construction prices in the first quarter, despite a drop in costs due to the influx of Chinese steel and the delayed disbursement of the government’s budget. Vichai Viratkapan, acting […]
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