|
|
Suvarnabhumi Airport
Suvarnabhumi Airport, also known as (New) Bangkok
International Airport, is the international airport serving
Bangkok, Thailand. After numerous delays and decades of
planning, the airport opened for limited service on 15
September 2006, and opened for all commercial flights on 28
September. The airport is the main hub for Thai Airways
International, Bangkok Airways, Orient Thai Airlines, PBair,
Thai AirAsia and a focus city for Cathay Pacific, China
Airlines, EVA Air, Air India, Druk Air, Indian Airlines,
Singapore Airlines and SriLankan Airlines.
|
|
 |
The airport is located in Racha Thewa in Bang Phli
district, Samut Prakan Province, about 25 km east of
downtown Bangkok. The name Suvarnabhumi was chosen by
King Bhumibol Adulyadej and refers to the golden kingdom
hypothesized to have been located somewhere in Southeast
Asia. Designed by Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn Architects,
this airport has the world's tallest control tower
(132.2 m), and the world's third largest single building
and airport terminal (563,000 mē), a little smaller than
Hong Kong International Airport (570,000 mē) and the
current record holder, Beijing Capital International
Airport's Terminal Three (986,000 mē). Suvarnabhumi is
one of the busiest airports in Asia and Bangkok's
primary airport for all commercial airline flights.
|
