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Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on June 19 presided over a contract signing between the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and BBS Joint Venture to develop U-Tapao International Airport and the Eastern Airport City Project.

The Thai cabinet on June 2 approved a bid by the BBS consortium for an airport development project worth 290 billion THB (over 9 billion USD).

The Eastern Economic Corridor Policy Committee of Thailand has agreed with a draft contract on the 290-billion-baht (over 9 billion USD) eastern airport city project at U-tapao airport.

The budget carrier Vietjet Air on December 2 announced a new route linking Ho Chi Minh City with Thailand’s Pattaya city via U-Tapao airport.

Thailand will build a high-speed rail linking the country’s three airports, the spine of an infrastructure scheme set to transform the southern coast into a tech hub.

Four agencies are expediting the production of skilled workers with expertise in aviation mechanics.

Thailand’s Board of Investment (BoI) has laid out a plan to attract aerospace investment to U-Tapao airport in 2019 as part of the Government’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development.

Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Development Policy Committee has approved high speed rail links to three airports.

Thailand needs to prioritise infrastructure development in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to lure investment, Thai media on November 7 quoted Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Atusripitak as saying.

Top officials from the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Sports and Tourism has held a meeting to discuss the progress of preparations for the Air Race 1 World Cup Thailand 2017.