Bangkok, June 10-AOT moves forward with 2 major projects "Suvarnabhumi Airport", opening a new building "SAT-1" in Sep. "Domestic Passenger Terminal" aims to expand the north side North Expansion 40 billion baht to support 5 years next year with more than 95 million passengers
Kirati Kitmanawat, Director General of Airports of Thailand Co., Ltd. Public Company Limited (AOT.) reveals the progress of opening for service of the second concourse building after the 1st or (SAT-1) at Suvarnabhumi Airport that At the AOT board meeting in June, AOT's management will report to the board that AOT will open an unofficial SAT-1 trial service (soft opening) in September 2023 and will officially open for service in early 2024. 1 will help solve both critical points and create value And transformed the service at Suvarnabhumi Airport into a new dimension, not less than 5 stories
Mr. Kirati further said that the north expansion project worth 40,000 million baht confirmed that it would accelerate the process to become a domestic terminal "(Domestic Terminal) separated from the main passenger terminal. Currently in Suvarnabhumi (Main terminal) to become concrete within the next 5 years for the reason that the north building must be built. Able to connect air travel services with land travel with a high-speed light network linking 3 airports "Don Mueang - Suvarnabhumi - U-Tapao" seamlessly.
As for the progress of the passenger terminal expansion project, east (East Expansion) and West (West Expansion), it is expected that the bidding will begin in early 2024. Once the construction is completed, it will increase usable space in the building even more. 70,000 square meters, then AOT will gradually build an extension on the west side. “Expanding the airport's capacity to prepare for the expansion of the area of Suvarnabhumi International Airport Each section corresponds to the analysis of International Air Transport Association (IATA: International Air Transport Association) in 2024, Suvarnabhumi will have at least 65 million passengers per year, and since 2028, it will increase to at least 95 million people per year. Thai news
Source: Thai News Agency