Suvarnabhumi ready to reopen
published : 27 Apr 2020 at 00:27
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
Suvarnabhumi airport is set to resume its services on Friday when airlines restart flights following a month-long suspension over Covid-19 fears, airport general manager Suthirawat Suwanawat said.
Wg Cdr Suthirawat said the number of foreign travellers had fallen considerably since the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand banned all international flights from landing in Thailand at the start of this month. Domestic flights are due to resume on Friday May 1.
The drop in the number of travellers enabled Airports of Thailand (AoT) to close some areas of the airport for renovations, repairs and add new facilities.
Repairs have also been made to its concourse, elevators, lighting, air-conditioning and baggage handling systems, while broken floor tiles have been replaced, Wg Cdr Suthirawat said.
Technical tests have been done to check the strength of the runway and taxiway.
"Even though there were few passengers, the airport still keeps up hygiene and cleaning measures in the complex to keep passengers' confidence once the flights are allowed to resume," Wg Cdr Suthirawat said.
He added that workers had been instructed to wear face masks and gloves to protect themselves against disease during the renovations.
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Vocabulary
- banned: officially not allowed to do something - ถูกห้าม
- Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) (noun): The Thai government agency overseeing non-military aviation - สำนักงานการบินพลเรือนแห่งประเทศไทย
- concourse: a large area in an airport or railway station, or in front of a public building, where people can walk -
- domestic: inside the country being talked about - ภายในประเทศ
- drop (noun): a fall or reduction in the amount, level or number of something - การลดลง
- gloves (noun): pieces of clothing that cover your fingers and hands - ถุงมือ
- hygiene: the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean, especially to prevent disease - สุขลักษณะ
- renovation: making something old look new again by repairing and improving it, especially a building - การปฏิสังขรณ์, การทำให้มีสภาพดีเหมือนเดิม, การบูรณะ, การซ่อมแซมใหม่
- resume: to begin again after stopping for a period of time - เริ่มอีกครั้ง, กลับมาอีกครั้ง
- taxiway (noun): the hard path that a plane uses as it moves to and from the runway -
- tile: a piece of baked clay that is used in rows for covering roofs - แผ่นกระเบื้อง
