Yesterday evening there were about 5,000 passengers who came to the check-in but who could not fly further, mostly Thai Airways passengers, said Umnart Chomsham at the border police at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok to Reuters on Thursday morning.
the kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan after both countries said they had shot down each other’s fighter jets. The events got Pakistan to close their airspace for commercial flights. Something that has led to chaos in air traffic, mainly from Thailand with the cancellation of flights and route changes.
According to Reuters, asked the Thai Airways check over a dozen flights to and from including London, Rome, Munich, Paris, Brussels, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo.
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Thailand is one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, with over 38 million visitors last year. Suvarnabhumi Airport is also a hub for onward flights to other countries in south east Asia and Australia.
the affected passengers. Peter Wallin from Karlshamn on the way home from holidays in Bali and are stuck at the Bangkok airport.
– Thai Airways disclaims all liability, and you therefore get no help with that book. We had booked through China now but got the email that they withdrew the booking. The tickets cost us 16 000 for two pieces. It is a living hell, ” says Peter to the Aftonbladet newspaper, adding that he has not slept in a day.
– It is total chaos at the airport in Bangkok. We are fast and get no information, ” says another american traveler to the newspaper.
Around 800 flights fly daily via luftkorridoren India-Pakistan and the close down is, therefore, very troublesome, writes Reuters. The majority of air traffic to Bangkok and Singapore are now forced to instead fly over Iran and then take a detour.
After that the Thai Airways has received permission from China to use their airspace notifies the company that it will resume flights to Europe on torsdagseftermiddagen and Friday morning, local time, according to Reuters.
TUI has previously said to DN that their direct flights to and from stockholm Arlanda airport to Thailand will step down as planned, but they will fly a different path.
– There are no major discrepancies, ” says Adam Györki, communications director at TUI.
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