The proposal for a full-scale commercial airport in Phang Nga, first revealed by the Phuket Gazette a year ago, has a long way to travel before it can hand a prospectus to more potential investors. Enthusiasm from its lead drivers, however, Bangkok Airways and the Phang Nga provincial governor, continues unabated. The airline continues to seek a large-scale land lease from Phang Nga to enable construction of the airport, tentatively named ‘Phang Nga-Andaman International’. As an indication of the many potential hurdles facing the Phang Nga airport, Baan Tha Dindaeng local villager Surachaet Chanasuk damns the project with faint praise, telling the Gazette that he has lived there since 1959. “For myself, I agree with the airport idea as it will boost incomes for the people of Lam Kaeng village and for Phang Nga province generally.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 03, 2017 04:30 UTC