http://ww.bangkokpost.com/breaking_n....php?id=116846
Don Muang to reopen next month
(BangkokPost.com)
Bangkok's old international airport would be re-opened in the next two to three weeks, said Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont on Friday.
"Don Muang airport is being renovated," Gen Surayud told reporters. "It should be ready for domestic and international flights no later than the next two to three weeks."
He added that airlines could decide for themselves whether they wanted to move back to the old airport.
Gen Surayud also confirmed that Suvarnabhumi airport would not be closed for repair as it would be fixed while in operation. However, domestic flights would have to move to Don Muang in the initial stage to free some taxiways and runways at the new airport for fixing.
Meanwhile, Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen confirmed that Don Muang airport would be primarily used for domestic flights since most of the international airlines did not want to move back there.
He expected that there would be about 70 flights a day, or about 17 per cent of all the flights, that would go back to the old airport.
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Whatever happens Thailands reputation can only suffer over this fiasco of indecision.... but then again... TIT....This is Thailand