Comments on: Reports from the ground in Thailand http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:38:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Joe Jones http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-386683 Joe Jones Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:41:46 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/#comment-386683 To answer the very first point above, quote: Thursday December 4, 2008 Thai Airways flight from Phuket landed at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi yesterday, marking the resumption of service at the capital's international airport following a one-week closure caused by a siege by antigovernment protesters (ATWOnline, Dec. 3). BKK is expected to reopen slowly over the coming days. Normal service still may be some time away as the first order of business is arranging flights to ferry more than 200,000 foreign passengers still stranded in Bangkok. Operator Airports of Thailand dispatched teams of engineers and mechanics to examine equipment to determine if the thousands of protesters caused damage requiring repairs. Cleaning crews also fanned out across BKK. The first flights at domestic hub Don Muang are expected today. Thai said it cancelled more than 1,000 flights owing to the protest and estimated the crisis will cost it at least $550 million in lost revenue. (http://www.atwonline.com/news/other.html?issueDate=12%2F4%2F2008) To answer the very first point above, quote:

Thursday December 4, 2008

Thai Airways flight from Phuket landed at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi yesterday, marking the resumption of service at the capital’s international airport following a one-week closure caused by a siege by antigovernment protesters (ATWOnline, Dec. 3). BKK is expected to reopen slowly over the coming days. Normal service still may be some time away as the first order of business is arranging flights to ferry more than 200,000 foreign passengers still stranded in Bangkok.

Operator Airports of Thailand dispatched teams of engineers and mechanics to examine equipment to determine if the thousands of protesters caused damage requiring repairs. Cleaning crews also fanned out across BKK. The first flights at domestic hub Don Muang are expected today. Thai said it cancelled more than 1,000 flights owing to the protest and estimated the crisis will cost it at least $550 million in lost revenue.

(http://www.atwonline.com/news/other.html?issueDate=12%2F4%2F2008)

]]> By: ElamBend http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-386673 ElamBend Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:48:39 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/#comment-386673 I think so, yes. I think so, yes.

]]> By: Curzon http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-386660 Curzon Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:10:36 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/#comment-386660 EB: Utapao? Would seem likely. EB: Utapao? Would seem likely.

]]> By: Carl http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-386652 Carl Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:42:58 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/#comment-386652 In 2006, I was on Phi Phi the day of the coup and in Bangkok the day after. For the average tourist it was impossible to tell anything had happened unless they happened to glance at a local newspaper or TV channel, or notice the occasional APC parked at major intersections. Usually in the Land of a Thousand Smiles they strictly keep tourism and politics separate. Not his time; they're already forecasting that Thailand's economic growth rate will take an immediate hit, not to mention many long term repercussions. In 2006, I was on Phi Phi the day of the coup and in Bangkok the day after. For the average tourist it was impossible to tell anything had happened unless they happened to glance at a local newspaper or TV channel, or notice the occasional APC parked at major intersections. Usually in the Land of a Thousand Smiles they strictly keep tourism and politics separate. Not his time; they’re already forecasting that Thailand’s economic growth rate will take an immediate hit, not to mention many long term repercussions.

]]> By: ElamBend http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-386650 ElamBend Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:06:15 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/#comment-386650 My friend's brother almost didn't go to Thailand last week, but ended up going to Seoul and getting a flight into Thailand that landed at some airport outside Bangkok (he called it an airforce base). He's on the beach now, none the wiser as to what has gone on since he landed. My friend’s brother almost didn’t go to Thailand last week, but ended up going to Seoul and getting a flight into Thailand that landed at some airport outside Bangkok (he called it an airforce base).
He’s on the beach now, none the wiser as to what has gone on since he landed.

]]> By: Alfred Russel Wallace http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-386646 Alfred Russel Wallace Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:35:34 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/12/02/reports-from-the-ground-in-thailand/#comment-386646 Poor Thailand - another place that thinks representative democracy should be subservient to individuals... The US was so lucky to have had Hamilton, Madison and Jay and the Federalist Papers... Poor Thailand – another place that thinks representative democracy should be subservient to individuals… The US was so lucky to have had Hamilton, Madison and Jay and the Federalist Papers…

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