(Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit plans to acquire some flight slots from the air force to serve growing demand from airlines to boost tourism. Mr Suriya said on Thursday that that he learned from Airports of Thailand that the air force had many unused flight slots at the country’s airports. He subsequently asked Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang to look into allocating some of the unused slots to commercial flights. “A share of the slots should increase the number of (commercial) flights by 100-150 per day,” Mr Suriya said. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) last month expressed concern about a possible shortage of flight slots in the coming high season.
