Bangkok Airport Survival Guide
+++ Update: Tourist Hotline: 1672 +++ Bangkok’s international Suvarnabhumi Airport is effectively locked down since 11 am Wednesday morning, after a last Iran Air plane with pilgrims heading to Mecca was allowed to take off. By now even THAI’s domestic air traffic via Don Mueang Airport – inbound & outbound – has come to a standstill.
You’re stuck and want to get out of or into Thailand? Even usually reliable Bangkok Airport Online is currently quite out of the loop. Don’t believe the shown information. As of midday, November 26th, no plane is arriving at or departing from Suvarnabhumi. The airport is under the complete control of the PAD.
For first hand information don’t even try to call Thai Airways’ contact center at 02 356 1111, lines are hopelessly busy. There’s an airport hotline at 02 132 1888 – or the tourist police’s 02 643 5522. Or you may have a slight chance of getting through by calling THAI’s Silom office at 02 288 7000. The Bangkok Post has a dedicated emergency page.
Not flying THAI? Get the contact information of other airlines’ offices in Bangkok here. Now if Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat would resign, all your travelers problems would disappear in a blink with the PAD retreating. Meanwhile, let Thailand suffer losses of 400 million baht each day in lost tourist revenue.
Meanwhile the list of foreign travel advisories to Thailand seems to grow by the hour. The PAD may get their way, at the cost of a massive slump in public support. Oh, sorry, forgot, it’s all in the name of democracy.