Suvarnabhumi (pronounce su-wan-na-poom) new Bangkok's International Airport located 30 kms east of the thai capital has received today its first 20 commercial test flights.

The long delayed opening of the new airport is now officially set for the 28th of September 2006 but doubts remain over readiness to cope with heavy traffic after as many people claims airport is not ready yet.

Suvarnabhumi Airport has the capacity to handle up to 76 flights per hour on 2 runways and 120 gates (51 docked ones). Up to 45 millions passengers & 3 million tons of cargo should be handled during the initial phase of operations.

Source: bangkokairportonline