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Koh Samui Airport completes new terminals |
New terminals at Samui Airport have now commenced service for all
international flights. The completion of all terminals makes the
airport’s passengers area now four times bigger than the old
terminals. The airport is now able to accommodate up to 16,000
passengers a day.
The completion of all terminals makes the airport’s
passengers area now four times bigger than the old terminals. The
airport is now able to accommodate up to 16,000 passengers a day.
The official opening of the new-look airport will be in January
next year. The new 500-million-Baht Samui Airport’s terminal
comprises four new domestic terminals and two international
terminals with a total passenger area of 73,000 square meters. The
check-in area for all domestic and international flights is now at
the main single check-in area, whereas the “meeting
point” is designated for all arriving passengers as a common
pick-up venue. The development also includes a walking street, just
adjacent to the passengers’ terminal, with boutique-style
shops lining abreast. Further to this development plan, a
construction of a 60-room boutique hotel is scheduled for early
next year. Inaugurated in 1989, Samui Airport went public last year
after 17 years of a private ownership by Bangkok Airways. The
property worth over ten billion Baht, is the island’s only
gateway by air, serving direct flights from Bangkok, Phuket,
U-Tapao, Chiang Mai, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Next year, the
airport will see more arrivals from expanding regional connections
by Bangkok Airways. Other airlines operating to Koh Samui include
Berjaya Air from Kuala Lumpur and budget airline FireFly from
Penang, Malaysia.
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