That's all the time it took me today from the moment when I stepped out of flight TG-510 (5 min ahead schedule) to my place in Sukhumvit/Nana area. 

30% of this time was spent walking inside the airport terminal building from concourse C to Immigration counters.

Airport limousine costs 900 THB but Taxi Meter are available on level 1, so no need to go to the shuttle linked transportation center.

 A large serie of photos of Suvarnabhumi airport before official openning are available on Mcot web site.

  

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After having eared good and bad news about the new Bangkok International Airport, now it's my turn to tell about my own experience using for the first time the brand new airport facilities.

Going there : I left Sukhumvit area around 16h00 today and arrived 25 minutes and 65 baths (toll way) later in front of the entrance 4 at the airport In short, "piece of cake". No traffic jam, lot less confusion in front of the terminal.

Check-In : less than 5 minutes chrono, but ok using counter for Star Alliance Gold member (got the Gold card yesterday…just in time). Anyway for other passengers check-in seemed to be as smooth as mine.

Immigration : all counters opened, 60 immigration officiers on duty at this section, 15 pax ahead of me. Bad luck we fell on the slowest guy in town, who needs an average of 3-4 minutes per passenger to give the exit stamp…. 17h00 sharp, still 7 pax ahead but for immgration officers a new shift starts. The "turtoise" is off and replaced my someone fresh… Good news ! average time per pax falls down to 30-40 seconds ! 

International Boarding : This area looks like a shopping mall with a luxury and internation brands. Few places to have a drink or some food and as mentionned on many websites, only few places where to seat and rest as well as restrooms.

Business Lounge
Very crowded as only one is available for the time being. Certainly the longest lounge I ever seen (I guess about 50 meters long)
 
Changes with Don Muang

• No more luggage security scan before check-in
• No more camera at the immigration counters
• Laptop computers to be removed from their bag for x-ray screening

Otherwise, an international airport often looks like another International Airport and Suvarnabhumi is no more than one among others. 

More about arrival area next week

 

 

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Apparently an ad published in the French magazine "Le Point" 19th of March 1979…

Is it a real ad or a hoax? 

VIA PIA
New York via Pakistan International. One of the companies offering scheduled flights to New York. Departure from Orly Sud, offering best flights to the cities in provinces. A new proof of PIA’s efficacy. PIA is an international company expanding business successfully: 3 000 000 passengers this year, a departure every 6 minutes. Success thoroughly built on customers’ satisfaction. For having an excellent flight to New York or 60 other metropolises in the world travel via PIA.

Sources : Presse-Citron, 11Sept 

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