Phuket international airport. (Bangkok Post file photo)The board of Airports of Thailand has approved construction of second airports for Chiang Mai and Phuket with a combined planned investment of 120 billion baht. Ban Thi district in neighbouring Lamphun province has been earmarked as the site for Chiang Mai's second airport, and tambon Khok Kloi in Phangna province's Takua Thung district for the second Phuket airport. The two sites are each about 20-30km away from the existing airports. AoT board chairman Prasong Phunthanet said the planned second airports would cater to the rising number of visitors to these destinations and ease overcrowding at the existing airports.

Source: Bangkok Post May 25, 2018 05:26 UTC