Betong Airport welcomes first constitution flight, full opening February

ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์Huawei -anticipated Betong Airport is lastly able to launch in Thailand’s southernmost province of Yala, is anticipated to be up and working by subsequent month. The first charter flight to Betong landed yesterday with 78 passengers hailing the start of the brand new gateway to the vacation spot.
Businesspeople from the area were joined on the flight by an aide to PM Prayut Chan-o-cha, who lauded the event because the inaugural flight now that the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand has given Betong Airport its certification and licence to operated and permit flights to reach and depart. The flight landed at 11:17 am on Saturday, operated by Nok Air. The prime minister’s aide spoke of setting up a flight schedule for the new airport.
“Today’s touchdown is the first charter flight for the explanation that airport acquired clearance to welcome constitution flights. Now the Transport Ministry is speaking to some industrial airlines about situations [to fly into the airport]. It is anticipated that Betong airport will totally open to serve the neighborhood and tourists in February.”

The constitution flight eked in at the end of January after PM Prayut had promised that Betong Airport would see its first flights touchdown this month. He has been following the construction of the airport which started with a 1.9 billion baht price range in 2016. The airport’s original 2019 opening was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Betong Airport is expected to open travel routes to the Deep South from everywhere in the nation. Betong has been particularly tough to entry because of its mountainous geography with only small, winding roads connecting it. The airport has been declared ready for operation by the new director of the airport who additionally oversees Narathiwat airport three and a half hours north, which was beforehand the southernmost airport in Thailand.
The airport is nestled right into a divot the place Thailand pushes into Malaysia, however flight paths have been rigorously deliberate in order that domestic flights can stay solely in Thai airspace and not dip into Malaysian air that surrounds it on three sides. So far, commercial airways have requested to operate 2 flight routes: between Hat Yai and Betong Airport, and between Don Mueang in Bangkok and Betong Airport..

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