MOST domestic flights at Bangkok’s Don Muang Airport now operate from the partially reopened Terminal 2 since December 24, 2015.
Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, president of Airports of Thailand, revealed that the terminal had undergone renovation works and is set to help ease traffic at the overcrowded Terminal 1 which now takes care of Don Muang’s international flights. Terminal 2 will fully open in February.
According to Petch Chancharoen, director of Don Muang Airport, Terminal 1 only has the capacity to serve 18.5 million passengers a year. In 2015, the estimated traffic at Don Muang stood at 28.5 million.
The reopening of Terminal 2, with a capacity of 11.5 million passengers a year, will increase the total serving capacity of Don Muang to 30 million passengers a year.
Going forward, Airports of Thailand states that more renovation works and the construction of a new Junction Terminal will be undertaken.
By Athip Jittarerk
