AOTDirector Mekin Petplai, said that Suvarnabhumi and Chek Lap KoK, HongKong’s international airport have some similarities in their features,which should be helpful in developing the airport city.
Theagency is now urgently working on the development of Suvarnabhumiairport. Once completed in late 2016, the Bangkok-based airport will beable to serve 100 million passengers a year.
In the first phase,Suvarnabhumi Airport ’s capacity will be raised to 60 millionpassengers per year from the current 45 million passengers.
TheAirport City development also includes the construction of the redand green line train facilities, and a sports complex.
Theproject is expected to contribute to a transportation lifestyle in threeways: for general purposes, tourism purposes and business purposes.-VNA