Restarting Bangkok airport to take at least a week

[travelerjim]

Restarting Bangkok airport to take at least a week

http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRe ... M820081201 (http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSTRE4B00M820081201)

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Restarting Bangkok's $4 billion Suvarnabhumi airport will take at least a week
from the end of the current sit-in by protesters because of security and IT system checks,
its general manager said on Monday.

Anti-government protesters have ignored a police order to end their blockade of Bangkok's main airport,
which entered its seventh day Monday.

"Normally, checking the IT systems takes one week. We have to check, recheck, check, recheck,"
Serirat Prasutanond told Reuters, adding that the delay would probably be even longer as some of
complex's massive computers might need repair.

"I think some systems are damaged," he said, but declined to give further details.
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tj

It won't take a week. A month at least more likely.

The place has been trashed. And if there is a confrontation, it will be partly destroyed.

[jinks]

Emirates Airline seem to agree. All of their flights to BKK up to and including the 12th have been cancelled.

Fingers Crossed, I have a ticket on the 13th = luckily it's a Saturday.

I also, through my excellent agent, Travelbag, a reservation on a flight to Singapore.
All KL flights are fully booked.

I feel you should seriously consider taking a train to Malaysia instead.

Now the first hand grenade has gone off at the airport and someone killed.