Bangkok airports set for US$4.8bil expansion

Growth spurt: Passengers at the departure terminal of the Suvarnabhumi International Airport. The upgrades to the airport are set to more than double its capacity. — AFP

BANGKOK: The operator of Bangkok’s two main airports plans to spend about US$4.8bil to more than double capacity by the end of the decade to cope with a surge in post-pandemic tourism.

In the biggest expansion of Suvarna-bhumi airport since it opened in 2006, two new runways, a new terminal and the expansion of the existing passenger terminal will increase annual capacity to 135 million travellers from about 60 million now, Airports of Thailand Pcl (AoT) president Kerati Kijmanawat said in an interview.