Just a couple years after being pulled from retirement, Don Mueang Airport is booming, serving nearly 16.5 million passengers last year.
While its younger sibling BKK undergoes expansion to deal with its growing pains, DMK will likely exceed its capacity this year due to the ever-growing field of low-cost carriers choosing its runways to nest their planes.
And more are coming, Travel Daily News reports. Tigerair Taiwan and Golden Myanmar will begin flying out of the airport in September, making for 10 airlines based at the airport. Current tenants Air Asia X and Nok Scoot will add new flights to Japan next month, while Thai Smile adds more daily flights to Chiang Mai later this week and eventually shift all of its operations to Don Mueang.
That’s more pressure for Airports of Thailand to complete its renovation of the airport’s second terminal, which is shooting for the beginning of peak travel time in December.
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Photo: Airports of Thailand
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