Airports of Thailand (AoT) is progressing with a 70 billion baht plan to construct an airport in Phang Nga, located north of Phuket, to cater to the growing tourist influx to the Andaman region. This information was shared by AoT President Keerati Kitmanawat, as he responded to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisiin’s recent visit to Chiang Mai to deliberate on the building of a new airport in Lamphun province. This is aimed at easing the air traffic at Chiang Mai International Airport.
The development of these two new airports is part of the Andaman-Lamphun project, with AoT allocating 140 billion baht (US$3,873,000,000) to this initiative. Each airport is projected to cost 70 billion baht. The objective is to enhance tourism to Chiang Mai and the Phuket region, through the creation of two new airports – one in Lamphun and the other in Khok Kloi,…
