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AOT AIRPORT OF THAILAND JOB OFFER AS CEO OF SUVARNABHUMI AIRPORT AND KING POWER CASE

If you are looking for a job Airports of Thailand AoT is looking for a new chief executive by offering an attractive remuneration package including monthly pay close to 1 million baht.

The Thailand airports operator is accepting applications until end of May for the position of president but with all the problems at the new Suvarnabhumi (pronounce suwarnaboom) airport it's not an easy job and it needs somebody with high motivation.

It's now time to find the guy to do the job at Suvarnabhumi airport because the previous CEO Chotisak Asapaviriya had resigned almost 3 months ago.

The position is a position for the next four years or when the person turns 60, and remuneration and benefits include a monthly salary ranging from 400000 to 900000 baht.

AoT Airport of Thailand operates six major airports in Thailand, Suvarnabhumi, Don Muang, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket and Hat Yai, but Suvarnabhumi being the main Thai international airport, the position currently available is the most strategic for the company.

And this airport is in the news again as the new duty free shop operator at Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airport could be delayed if the King Power duty free company obtains court protection for its concession.

If King Power Duty Free is granted dispensation, the company will be able conduct business as usual until the case goes through court and a new order is issued, which can take years.

King Power contract was nullified on the grounds that the contracts were illegal because King Power Duty Free intended to avoid scrutiny by keeping the scale of its investment below 1 billion baht per contract. Read more »

AIRPORT SKYTRAIN LINK COMPLETED AT SIXTY PERCENT

Sixty percent of the new Bangkok airport link is completed.But this information comes from the SRT State Railway of Thailand and can't be trusted.SRT also reveals that the airport link system is expected to be completed around November, 5th 2007, or within 990 days after the construction contract has taken effect.SRT said that the contractor earlier requested the State Railway of Thailand to extend the construction contract by 552 days while the latter thought that a further 398 days will be enough to complete the construction.And if the contract is not respected, the contractor will have to pay 3 million baht a day if the construction is delayed, but the rail link has not yet been declared as delayed...Most of the trains that passengers will ride to go from Bangkok airport to downtown BTS and MRT are also ready and must be shipped to Thailand before the end of the year 2007.

KING POWER THAILAND MUST CLOSE ITS SHOPS WITHIN 30 DAYS

King Power Thailand duty free has been given a thirty-days deadline to close its duty free outlets at Suvarnabhumi AirportAirports of Thailand (AOT) has given King Power International Group this delay to remove parts of its duty free outlets at Suvarnabhumi airport which pose a safety hazard because of abuse.Airports of Thailand board member Chirmsak Pinthong said management would inform its two subsidiaries King Power Duty Free and King Power Suvarnabhumi of the deadline, but King Power CEO said that he want to wait for the court decision.

COST TO REPAIR DAMAGES AT SUVARNABHUMI AIRPORT

Cost to repair damages at Suvarnabhumi airport will be huge and is not covered by insurances.AOT Airport of Thailand will have to meet the expense to fix runways and taxiways at Suvarnabhumi Bangkok airport because the operator has no property insurance for the runways and taxiways, wrongly thinking that the contractor's insurance would provide enough coverage, and also because AOT couldn't afford the twenty million baht price to pay for more property insurance.AOT was wrong because the contractor's insurance only covers damage resulting from construction, and not for other reasons, as the excess of underground water, a point that should be difficult to forget when you build an airport on the swamps.The cracked areas at Suvarnabhumi airport cover about 78000 sqm and repair costs are estimated at 300 million baht at least, in case the operation would be possible.Apart from partial property insurance and the contractor's insurance, AOT Suvarnabhumi airport has 3rd party insurance for its overall compound, but it also doesn't cover runways and taxiways.AOT will also hire experts from the International Civil Aviation Organization to study both single and dual airport concepts for Bangkok, and decide to keep Don Muang airport opened as a second airport, or not.

THAI AIRWAYS HAS LOST CUSTOMERS BECAUSE OF ITS DECISION TO MOVE TO DON MUANG AIRPORT

The Thai national airline Thai Airways International has seen a loss of traffic since it has decided to move a large part of its domestic services to the old Don Muang airport that has just reopened in March 2007.A loss of thousands of passengers who require connecting flights has been reported because many travelers have decided to travel with other carriers due to the hassle and long wait in connecting with international flights at Suvarnabhumi Airport.Many of these passengers who may travel on THAI flights from abroad have instead used the domestic services of Nok Air and Thai AirAsia which are a lot cheaper than Thai airways.THAI is one of the three local airlines that opted to offer domestic flights through the old airport after the government earlier this year has decided to reopen the old airport for non connecting domestic services to reduce congestion at Suvarnabhumi.But even though THAI has maintained at Suvarnabhumi domestic flights to popular tourist spots such as Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket and Krabi, it was a stupid decision from Thai international to operate some flights from the old Don Muang airport and no easy solution is now seen though some executives said the airline may be compelled to cut some flights at Don Muang and return them to Suvarnabhumi.But THAI is reluctant to revert to Suvarnabhumi because it spearheaded the campaign to reopen the old airport and it has spent millions baht to fly back to Don Muang.