The president of Thailand’s national airline has announced the suspension of flight change fees while runway repairs are carried out at Bangkok’s main airport. Stand-in Thai Airways president Usanee Sangsingkeo says the repair schedule at Suvarnabhumi Airport is disrupting flight schedules.
Thailand has confirmed contracts for the construction of a new Bangkok urban train line have been signed. The national Transport Ministry says construction work on the eastbound section of the Orange Line from the Thailand Cultural Centre MRT Station to Minburi will commence in June.
Today is the penultimate day of the Cambodia International Film Festival 2017 edition in Phnom Penh. This morning saw a screening of Cartoons Of The World Adults at the Legend City Mall while the final two days features a varied choice of films covering a range of genres.
Vietnam’s prime-minister has ordered provincial authorities in Khanh Hoa to promote and develop tourism resources. Nguyen Xuan Phuc presided over a brainstorming meeting with delegates and afterwards said the central province’s natural draws and tourism sites could well chip in 20 per cent towards its annual product.
Thailand’s weather forecasters say that summer has officially arrived and soaring temperatures are on their way. The national Meteorological Department released a statement yesterday saying the hotter weather conditions over the past few days had marked the end of the cooler winter season and the onset of summer.
City authorities in Hanoi say they plan to renovate streets and walkways around Hoan Kiem Lake so they are more pleasant for tourists. Hanoi People’s Committee head Nguyen Duc Chung says thoroughfares are being resurfaced with natural stone blocks while government offices in the locality are getting facelifts.
Commuters who use Bangkok’s soon to be axed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service say city authorities should reconsider their decision. A survey carried out on behalf of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) found that a resounding 80 per cent were in favour of saving the BRT line.
Youngsters will have the chance of meeting their favourite cartoon characters at the end of the month when Disney On Ice lands in Bangkok. The cast of the Disney On Ice team will give 10 performances on an ice rink at the city’s Impact Arena at the Muang Thong Thani complex in Nonthaburi.
The boss of the Thai national airline has revealed contingency measures for the planned partial shutdown of a runway at Bangkok’s main airport. One of Suvarnabhumi Airport’s three runways, 01R/19L, is closing down today to allow essential maintenance and repair work to be carried out.
Thailand has extended its free tourist visa programme for another six months, but only for nationals of 21 countries. The extension means that until 31 August 2017 no fees will be applied to passport holders from these nations when they apply for single-entry tourist visas at Thai embassies and consulates.
Thailand based carrier Bangkok Airways has just released details of planned additions to flight frequencies, routes and destinations. A statement explains that the airline plans to launch routes from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport to Nakhon Ratchasima and Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island.
The TripAdvisor beach awards for 2017 have placed five south Thailand beaches among the Top 25 in Asia. The quintet are all on the western Andaman Sea shoreline with three on Phuket Island and two in Krabi.
Chiang Mai’s 2017 amateur Cricket Sixes tournament will be held at the city’s Gymkhana Club at the beginning of April. The organisers have not so far released a match timetable for the event but say it will be staged over seven days as has been the case in previous years.
UK songstress Joss Stone will be jetting in to Thailand next week to give a live performance at a hip Bangkok sky bar. The award-winning singer-actress will be on stage at the city’s Cloud 47 Casual Rooftop Bar on Thursday 9 March at 20:30.
Hanoi’s grand Opera House is the venue for two performances of the Tchaikovsky ballet classic Swan Lake next month. Ballet artistes from the Vietnamese Opera and Ballet group will enact the tale of the power of love and its ultimate strength in overcoming adversity.
The governor of Bangkok has announced that the first section of a Skytrain line extension will launch on 1 April 2017. Aswin Kwanmuang said the southern stretch of the Sukhumvit Green Line will be extended from the current terminus at Bearing Station to Samrong at Sukhumvit Road Soi 80.
The planned closure of one of Suvarnabhumi Airport’s three runways is expected to seriously disrupt flight timetables over the next two months. The temporary president of Thai Airways says the third runway at the Bangkok Airport will be shut between the 3 March and 5 May.
The deputy boss of Thailand’s tourism office has tabled a proposal to open military bases for Chinese visitors. Srisuda Wanapinyosak told reporters that military installations were off-limits in China and most people who lived there had never been to one.
Thailand’s main airport operator has proposed building a rail link at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport. The president of the Airports of Thailand (AoT) says that the link would connect the facility’s two passenger terminals, car parks and hook up to the capital’s urban rail system via the as yet unopened Red Line.
Arakan state authorities have put forward a proposal to establish more beach resorts along the northwest coast of Myanmar. State finance-minister U Kyaw Aye Thein says surveys have pinpointed nine possible locations where prime quality beach towns could be built.