Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has confirmed that 3 airports beneath Department of Airports administration are to be transferred to Airports of Thailand in a bid to boost tourism. Udon Thani, Krabi, and Buriram airports will all be managed by AoT in the hope that they can be transformed into hubs that may deal with greater vacationer numbers.
According to a Bangkok Post report, the transfer has been within the works for some time and follows session between the ministry, both airport operators, and the Treasury Department, proprietor of the land on which the three airports are located. From January 1, Udon Thani and Buriram shall be managed by AoT, with Krabi to follow at a later stage.
Saksayam says the speed for leasing the land the place the 3 airports are located can be more doubtless to change to the rate charged for land on which 6 other AoT airports are situated. The 3 leases will also change from being renewable every 3 years and will instead be prolonged to become 30-year agreements.
Meanwhile, the minister says discussions are underway as to how the DoA could be compensated for the lack of the three airports. One suggestion was to award the division a one-off sum primarily based on the projected income AoT could earn from the airports over 30 years. Another was to have AoT put aside some of that income for the DoA.
The Bangkok Post reports that the DoA is said to oppose the switch of the 3 airports, mentioning that the income from 2 of the airports had been used to prop up less profitable DoA airports. The division says it’ll now lose important income and expects to have to seek state help to keep operating. Out of โซล่าเซลล์ราคาถูก managed by the DoA, only 6 make a revenue. According to the Bangkok Post report, they are Udon Thani, Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Ubon Ratchathani, Khon Kaen, and Surat Thani.
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