THAI threatens to sue airport protestors
BANGKOK – Thai Airways International will sue People’s Alliance for Democracy for compensation, for the huge revenue losses during the eight-day closure of Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Transport permanent secretary Surachai Thansitthipon, who is chairman of the national airline, said after the board’s meeting yesterday that during the closure THAI had to cancel all scheduled flights.
Services were slowly returning to normal at both Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports today but Suvarnabhumi is not expected to be fully operational until the weekend.
Thai International Airways flight to Australia yesterday was the first international flight in a week to leave Bangkok’s main airport after protesters ended their siege which stranded up to 250,000 tourists.
The end of the blockade came a day after the anti-government People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) claimed victory against premier Somchai Wongsawat, when a court barred him from politics and disbanded the ruling party.
Thai Airways International was operating limited services out of both Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi today. Bangkok Airways also announced the resumption of flights at Suvarnabhumi.
AirAsia will resume its commercial flights to and from the Thai capital via Suvarnabhumi tomorrow, Friday.
AirAsia has agreed that passengers affected by the cancellations will automatically receive a credit that can be used to book new AirAsia flights. The credit is to be redeemed within three months for their future travel to any AirAsia destination (except AirAsia X).
Passengers who have purchased the AirAsia GoInsure Travel Protection are advised to call the 24-hour AIG Travel Assist at +603-27725622 if they need help in obtaining accommodation or other forms of travel assistance, or want to file a claim.
Emirates will operate two additional flights to the military U-Taphao Airport tomorrow as well as re-instating its scheduled flight EK372/373 (Dubai-Bangkok-Dubai) effective Saturday.
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