Tak airport deemed unfit to serve as logistics hub

Tak airport is not suitable for development as a logistical hub in the North despite its close proximity to a neighbouring country, according to an Airports of Thailand (AoT) study.

The AoT has no plans at this stage to take over management of three regional airports in Tak, Mae Sot and Phitsanulok from the Department of Airports, AoT president Nitinai Sirismatthakarn said.

The government has not issued any directive for the AoT to run the three airports, he added.

However, the AoT has been studying the feasibility of turning Tak airport on the western border with Myanmar into a logistical hub in the North.

For an airport to gain such a status, it must be served by a road network that can further distribute goods overland effectively.

Mr Nitinai said the AoT study found that although Tak was in close proximity to Myanmar with a further transport link to…