Will Bangkok's new airport further dampen's KLIA's hub hopes?
KLIA: Spot the 5-star airlines.Bangkok's spanking new Suvarnabhummi (or Golden Land) Airport opens for service today. Though beset with delays and rumours of corruption as well as being the brainchild of its newly ousted Prime Minister Thaksin, the first day of operation seems to be have gone smoothly, with only some delays in baggage-handling.
The $4bn airport is now the largest in South East Asia, and is capable of handling 76 flights per hour and 45 million passengers per year. It will certainly boost Bangkok's already popular status as a holiday destination of choice and as the second most popular hub in the region after Singapore's Changi.
KLIA will have to settle for third place and be content in developing a niche focus on Middle-Eastern passengers and spillover hub traffic for passengers who don't manage to get their connections via the other two cities.
technorati: bangkok, singapore, kuala lumpur, airport
posted by hew @ 3:30 pm
1 Comments:
architectural wise nothing exciting. in fact, quite a dissapointment to me. however, in terms of traffic, it is undoubtedly unsurpassable. would rate it as the first instead of changi. changi is more of a transit due to SIA's extensive networks, but Svnbm's more of a destination plus, a transit too.
the popularity of an aiport as a hub lies heavily on the gov's policies and promotions on tourism. architecture merely plays a minor role.
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