Bangkok Airports Set for $4.8 Billion Expansion as Tourism Booms
- AOT to lift capacity of two gateways to 185 million passengers
- Thailand seeking to position itself as a regional aviation hub
Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.
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The operator of Bangkok’s two main airports plans to spend about $4.8 billion to more than double capacity by the end of the decade to cope with a surge in post-pandemic tourism.
In the biggest expansion of Suvarnabhumi airport since it opened in 2006, two new runways, a new terminal and the expansion of the existing passenger terminal will increase annual capacity to 135 million travelers from about 60 million now, Airports of Thailand Pcl President Kerati Kijmanawat said in an interview. The project will cost about 140 billion baht ($3.8 billion), he said.