Thailand's Chiang Mai top businessmen outline ambitious plans for northern capital to soar with second airport


Image from The Nation Thailand/ANN

BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Business executives in Chiang Mai urged Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin to build a second airport in the northern capital and extend the operating hours of the current one, during a meeting at Chiang Mai University on Saturday.

They called for the second airport to be named Lanna International Airport, and said Chiang Mai International Airport's operating hours should be extended to 24 hours a day to increase tourism. It currently closes at midnight.

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