SUVARNABHUMI AIRPORT OPENS ON 28th SEPTEMBER

Thailand’s new Bangkok’s new international airport, Suvarnabhumi, will open for business on 28 September 2006, replacing Don Muang airport as Bangkok's primary airport for all commercial flights. Named 'Suvarnabhumi' (meaning 'Golden Land'), the super modern airport will be the largest single terminal airport in the world and expects to handle accommodate 45 million passengers per year, 76 flights per hour and 3 million tons of cargo handling per year. After the final phase, this will rise to 100 million passengers a year. Not only is the passenger terminal is currently the largest in the world., the airport also features the world's longest runway, 75.3 metres by 4,000 metres long and the world’s tallest control tower, 132.2 metres high, providing the best visual coverage of overall airside. Read more