Phase 2 Expansion

[GWR]

The classic remark in all this comes in the last paragraph. Get Real Geezer! TIT!:

2nd phase expansion of Suvarnabhumi airport starts soon

BANGKOK, April 16 (TNA) - Amid sharp increases in the number of passengers and airlines using the Thai capital's Suvarnabhumi airport, concerned authorities are now ready to implement the second phase of construction to enlarge the airport, a senior Airports of Thailand (AoT) official said Wednesday.

Somchai Sawasdipol, chairman of a working committee responsible for solving noise pollution at Suvarnabhumi airport, located in Bangkok's neighbouring province of Samut Prakan, said more than 42 million passengers used facilities at the airport in 2007 while its full capacity is at 45 million.

There is a need to expand the airport to cater to the rising demands of passengers and airlines, said Mr. Somchai. AoT will speed solving noise pollution at the airport and prepare for the phase 2 construction.

Designs for the taxiway for phase 2 are now prepared while a public hearing noise pollution from people living near the airport will be held before the construction begins, he said.

The AoT committee is expected to discuss on the noise pollution issue during its next meeting, Mr. Somchai said.

He said that there is an aviation law in Thailand which forbids both building construction and trees within seven kilometres of an airport, but it has not been respected, causing the AoT to pay a large amount of money as compensation to people living near airports in the past. (TNA)-E111

http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=3809

[ncr]

He said that there is an aviation law in Thailand which forbids both building construction and trees within seven kilometres of an airport, but it has not been respected, causing the AoT to pay a large amount of money as compensation to people living near airports in the past

And of course this law did not conflict in any way with the glorious plans for a "Suvarnabhumi Airport City" (remember?) by certain politicians from a certain party.

[GWR]

2nd phase of Suvarnabhumi airport approved

The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) endorsed construction of second phase of Suvarnabhumi international airport worth almost 78 billion baht with an ambitious target of making the airport to be hub for aviation and transportation in this region by 2015.

NESDB deputy secretary-general Dr. Akom Termpittayapaisit said on Sunday (December 21) that the NESDB committee has approved the second phase development of the Suvarnabhumi international airport covering between 2009 and 2013 worth 77.86 billion baht.

The third phase, pending endorsement, called for construction the airport’s third runway worth 1.36 billion baht. The phase is awaiting public hearing from local people in the airport’s vicinity in Samut Prakarn province as some of them being still against the project. The phase is also pending approval from Environmental Impact Evaluation Bureau (EIA).

He said that at the moment, local people staying in the airport’s vicinity were seeking compensation from the airport, while many of them were still opposing the project. It needed Ministry of Transport to deal with the issue.

NESDB also needed the Ministry of Transport and Aiports of Thailand Plc to review impact assessment in terms of air traffic, number of passengers, and income following prolonged global economic crises.

In addition, prepared plans must be worked out in case of such untowards incidents as airport’s closure from either protesters or natural disasters to enhance passengers’ confidence towards the airport.

NESDB also wanted Ministry of Transport to work out details on usage of Don Muang airport in line with cabinet’s ruling in February 2007.

The government has set an ambitious target for Suvarnabhumi international airport to be regional hub for aviation and transportation in 2015.

It targeted the airport to accommodate 60 million passengers and 95 flights an hour after completion of the airport’s second phase, from current 45 million passengers and 76 flights.

http://thainews.prd.go.th/newsenglis...d=255112220003

[jpatokal]

File under "unlikely":

Airports of Thailand plans to build a domestic passenger terminal at Suvarnabhumi Airport while inviting the private sector to invest in six projects at the old Don Mueang Airport.

Construction of the new terminal will start in 2012 for completion in 2015, to accommodate an additional 20 million passengers a year.

It will cost less than Bt10 billion, said AOT president Serirat Prasutanond. The project is part of a long-term investment programme that includes construction of a third runway and a midfield terminal.

However, the company will build the domestic terminal first. It will be connected to the present main terminal by a monorail.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009...s_30110985.php

[The Enforcer!]

File under "unlikely"

Or "Extremely unlikely" or even "Hasn't got a cat in hell's chance"!

The Enforcer!

[jpatokal]

Or "Extremely unlikely" or even "Hasn't got a cat in hell's chance"!

And the stupid thing is that they actually do need to start seriously planning that ASAP, or otherwise Boomy will be bursting at the seams by 2015.

[The Enforcer!]

And the stupid thing is that they actually do need to start seriously planning that ASAP, or otherwise Boomy will be bursting at the seams by 2015.

Agreed - but it took 40 years to plan and build NBIA!!

The Enforcer!

[Sombat]

How about the plans that DMK and BKK getting connected by the Airport Link? Somewhere I read that they wanna build that as well.
(and when it's finished they would close Don Muang... )
I hope the Japanese team which is doing a study on the future of Don Muang will propose a connection of the 2 airports.

[jpatokal]

How about the plans that DMK and BKK getting connected by the Airport Link? Somewhere I read that they wanna build that as well.

The SRT Red Lines project is supposed to do this, see separate thread:

http://207.5.19.33/forum/showthread.php?t=2406

[Yappofloyd]

I had always thought that a 2nd Airport Line station would be built for the 2nd terminal (it being located nearly 1km south of the current one) but it seems the APM is a cheaper option for a domestic terminal. It still seems it might be worth extending the airport line to the domestic terminal and allowing dual use for free transfers to the main terminal.

Airport revamp scaled back, Bkk Post 4/03/2010

Airports of Thailand Plc is moving to scale down the expansion of Suvarnabhumi airport, with the construction of a domestic passenger terminal and a third runway put on the back burner.

The majority state-owned airport operator will now pursue a previous plan to construct a satellite passenger terminal and related facilities including an automated people mover linked to the current main terminal. AoT management sees the old plan as easier to execute than the more recent proposal, which was revised in the past year to include the construction of a domestic passenger terminal and a third runway.

The revised project would complicate the government approval process and cause further delay to the expansion. Suvarnabhumi is close to reaching its annual capacity of 45 million passengers and needs additional capacity, senior AoT executives said yesterday.

The Transport Ministry backs the old plan to head off opposition from Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij, who would prefer to reactivate Don Mueang Airport as Bangkok's second international airport to expanding Suvarnabhumi.

The cabinet in 2008 approved the initial project to raise Suvarnabhumi's passenger capacity to 60 million a year within the next six to seven years. AoT has now also trimmed the estimated project cost to 60.7 billion baht from 76 billion baht.

But the Transport Ministry and AoT hope a study on single-airport usage in Bangkok, being conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), will support efforts to have Suvarnabhumi as Bangkok's main international airport. ICAO was hired by AoT to conduct the study at a cost of 30 million baht. The study is set to be completed within the next two months, Nirandra Theeranartsin, general manager of Suvarnabhumi Airport, told the Bangkok Post.

The study is in addition to the a previous report by the ICAO, an UN agency, which weighed the pros and cons of having Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports being operated at the same time.

The ministry and the aviation industry, including the International Air Transport Association (IATA), have pushed hard for Suvarnabhumi to be Bangkok's sole international airport. They also support making Don Mueang aircraft maintenance centre and parts production centre, as well an airport serving non-connecting domestic flights, chartered and private flights.

Last November, IATA director-general Giovanni Bisignani asked Transport Minister Sohpon Zarum to intervene in the plan to have two international airports in Bangkok, saying a one-airport solution is in the best interest of passengers, airlines and the Thai economy.

AoT plans to submit the Suvarnabhumi airport expansion plan to the Transport Ministry next week, before final approval is sought from the cabinet, AoT executives said. If approval is granted soon, construction of the project could start in the next two to three years, said Somchai Sawasdeepon, senior executive vice-president for engineering and information technology at AoT.

The satellite terminal will be located about 800 metres south of the existing terminal and will be linked by an underground APM system.

[jpatokal]

I had always thought that a 2nd Airport Line station would be built for the 2nd terminal (it being located nearly 1km south of the current one) but it seems the APM is a cheaper option for a domestic terminal. It still seems it might be worth extending the airport line to the domestic terminal and allowing dual use for free transfers to the main terminal.

The problem is segregating paying and non-paying passengers. For a dedicated express line this can be solved the way HKIA/KLIA do it, with no fare gates at all in the airport and the fares paid on entry from/exit into the city terminals, but it's trickier if you have commuter services as well.

[jpatokal]

Expansion approved in theory, but do they have the money?

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTST00005820100824

Aug 24 (Reuters) - Thailand's government has approved a plan to construct the second phase for Bangkok's main Suvarnabhumi International Airport worth 62 billion baht ($1.97 billion), Transport Minister Sopon Zarum said on Tuesday.

[Yappofloyd]

AoT proposes domestic Suvarnabhumi terminal, BKK Post 23/06/2011
Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) is in favour of building a new terminal dedicated to domestic flights as a fast-track way to deal with crowding problems at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

The AoT board yesterday agreed with recommendations made by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a UN agency, for the construction of a domestic terminal capable of handling 20 million passengers a year. The proposed terminal, which could be up and running in 44 months after receiving approval, is regarded as a possible early solution to the congestion at Thailand's gateway airport.

According to AoT, Suvarnabhumi last year handled 42.78 million passengers and this year's volume is expected to reach 46.78 million, exceeding its designed capacity of 45 million. But AoT acting president Niran Teeranartsin noted that the board had not yet approved a new terminal, estimated to cost 9.13 billion baht. The board asked management to see how the ICAO's recommendation to build a domestic terminal could be aligned with the broader Suvarnabhumi airport expansion approved earlier by the cabinet.

In other words, management should see whether the master expansion plan, costing 62 billion baht, needs to be revised by taking into account the future role of Don Mueang airport, now serving only two domestic budget carriers, which remains an unresolved issue. The proposed domestic terminal should be able to handle passengers until 2019, AoT said. AoT management was assigned to report its findings to the board next month when it will decide on an expansion proposal to government.

The expansion endorsed by the cabinet in August last year envisages the construction of a satellite passenger terminal to be located about 800 metres south of the existing terminal and linked by an underground automated people mover, a rail system used by leading airports around the world.

A concourse would accommodate 28 aircraft including A380 superjumbo jets, and there will also be new taxiways, buildings for airline offices and car parking. That expansion, which would lift the passenger handling capacity of Bangkok's prime airport to 60 million a year, will not be completed until 2017.

[Wisarut]

Domestic termianl buiulding for Suvannahum in the near future?
http://www.thairath.co.th/content/eco/189586

[Wisarut]

To please IATA and ICAO, AOT MUST BUILD the domestic terminal for Suvannabhumalogn with the 4th runway and the 5th runway and eventually the Soutehrn International Terminal must be built along with the extension to both Domestic terminal and Soutehrn Terminal

http://www.thairath.co.th/content/eco/190085