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Suvannaphum, Bangkok?!
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Oh please has the author of this article actually ever been to Bangkok's 'new' international airport? I think not...
Suvannaphum has been an unmitigated disaster since it opened it's doors prematurely last September, here are some of the faults that you won't find in any pr blurb reprint: cracked runways and taxiways, poor ventilation, cramped lounges, long check-in queues, lack of toilets, agressive taxi touts, dark corridors (female employees have complained of poor nighttime security), duty free shops that encroach on public space and block signage... etc etc
Try travelling through the older Hong Kong or Singapore airports and then try Suvannaphum, there really is no comparison.
Suvannaphum should have been a modern and user-friendly 21st century airport but unfortunately it has fallen foul of years of political meddling, corruption and the use of too many designers, architects and engineers. From the outside it looks great, from the inside it falls flat on its face.