AFTER lowering airline passenger growth forecast for this fiscal year to less than 1% due to global economic and geopolitical volatility, Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT) expects this to edge up to 2% in 2027 while proceeding with airport expansion projects to accommodate long-term travel demand, PPTVHD36 said today (June 26). Ms. Paweena Jariyathitipong,
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Tax hike will make Thai airports more expensive than world’s best
AFTER Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT) announced an increase in the international departure passenger service charge (PSC) from 730 baht to 1,120 baht per person, effective June 20, 2026 onwards, it has been noted that Thailand thenceforth would be charging more than leading airports worldwide, Naewna newspaper said yesterday (Feb. 20). The fee increase
Read moreDrunk passenger in hot water after urinating at Phuket airport hallway
A HEAVILY drunk Saudi Arabian man who urinated at a Phuket airport hallway after an airline refused to let board the airplane for safety of other passengers was quickly charged but was too intoxicated to understand what was going on, Amarin TV said this evening (Jan. 31). The ruckus over the badly drunk Saudi
Read moreIsraeli girl dies in fall from songthaew at Patong beach
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD Israeli girl died after falling from a songthaew passenger vehicle at Phuket’s Patong beach last night (May 16) with her parents seen enjoying the ride there, Amarin TV said this afternoon. Pol. Maj. Rungruang Sakhon, an inspector at Patong police station, quickly went to Patong Hospital to check on Miss Nbaa Bahnasi,
Read moreTHAI apologies after passenger was scalded during flight
THAI Airways International Plc (THAI) apologised after a passenger was scalded with hot coffee during a flight from Bangkok to Chiang Mai causing severe burn and pain, Matichon newspaper said. The unidentified passenger was scalded when the hot cup of coffee slipped out of the hand of a flight attendant while handing it over
Read morePassenger who tried to bash a policeman denied permission to board flight
A CHINESE passenger who tried to attack a Tourist policeman with his skateboard at Don Mueang Airport as seen in a viral Tiktok video clip had got angry because the captain of a flight back to his homeland had refused let him come aboard because his behaviour would affect the other passengers, Sanook.com said
Read more2 Cambodians held for stealing Japanese passenger’s bag on arriving flight
SUVARNABHUMI Airport Tourist Police quickly arrested two Cambodian men after they stole a Japanese man’s bag on a flight arriving from Phnom Penh today (Jan. 18), TV Channel 7 said. The unidentified Japanese passenger had reported that two Cambodian men who were seated on the same row as him on this flight to Bangkok
Read morePolice arrest Indian exec for urinating on plane passenger
By AFP and Reuters – published by DW New Delhi – Indian police authorities have arrested Shankar Mishra, formerly an executive with American banking giant Wells Fargo, for allegedly urinating on a passenger aboard an Air India flight in November. Indian media reported that Mishra had urinated on a passenger, an elderly woman, on
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