Unrest delays plans for ASA’s Thailand FBOs
After a week’s closure due to an occupation by opponents of the then government, operations resumed at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International and Don Muang a

After a week’s closure due to an occupation by opponents of the then government, operations resumed at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International and Don Muang airports on December 4. But it remains to be seen whether the resulting loss of confidence in Thailand’s political stability will lead to a decline in the amount of business aviation traffic it receives.

According to Simon Wagstaff, managing director of Asian security and ground handling specialist ASA Group, traffic volumes had declined in recent months in line with western companies’ diminishing appetite for investing in new markets. In his opinion, the fact that Thailand’s political system remains in a state of flux will not help to restore confidence and could drive business traffic to other southeast Asian countries, such as Cambodia, in search of more stable opportunities.