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Tuesday, September, 07, 2010 
AIR TRANSPORT INFORMATION DIVISION CORPORATE STRATEGY DEPARTMENT
Tel: (66) 0-2535-1373 Fax: (66) 0-2977-8332
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Information provided by Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited as a public service to visitors and business people traveling to Thailand
AIR TRANSPORT STATISTICS
SUVARNABHUMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Air Transport Statistics 2007 Suvarnabhumi International Airport
SUVARNABHUMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Suvarnabhumi Airport, the new international airport of Thailand, was constructed in accordance with the government?s policies on encouraging Thailand
to function as an aviation hub in the region. It was initially designed to serve the rapid expansion of air traffic volume at the old Bangkok International Airport, or presently known as Don Mueang International Airport, which was almost filled to its handling capacity. After Suvarnabhumi Airport?s initial phase of its construction had been completed, the then government designated the airport to replace the old Bangkok International Airport and function as a major commercial airport in order to promote the aviation business growth, economic and social development, trade and tourism and other relevant industries as well.
Located 32 kilometers away to the east of Bangkok Metropolis in the area
of 8,000 acres, Suvarnabhumi Airport was at first designed to have two independently paralleled runways and 120 parking bays. These physical characteristics could enable the new airport to handle 76 flight movements per hour, 45 million passengers and 3 million-ton cargoes per year. Since it was commercially opened to its full operations on 28 September 2006, the airport has served all of the scheduled airlines which were moved from the old Bangkok International Airport.
In 2007, the airport handled 261,592 commercial flights, 41,210,081
passengers, 1,209,720-ton freight and 10,280-ton mail. The details of those
movements are given in the following.
1. Aircraft Movement
The total number of commercial aircraft movements was 261,592 movements which were separated into 194,457 international and 67,135 domestic movements. In terms of those international movements, they were made up of passenger and cargo movements which were expressed in the proportion of 94 to 6.
There were 87 international scheduled airlines and 14 air freighters (operating pure air cargo flights). Those airline numbers excluded 7 Thailand-based domestic scheduled airlines and international scheduled airlines which didn?t use their own fleets but shared their code-sharing numbers with other airlines?.
Additionally, there were 10 new international scheduled airlines operating their flight routes to and from Suvarnabhumi Airport as follows:
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Air India Express (India) - operating its flight routes between Kulkata (Culcutta) - Suvarnabhumi - Kulkata. |
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Indonesia Air Asia (Indonesia) - operating its flight routes between Jakarta - Suvarnabhumi - Jakarta. |
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Blue Panorama (Italy) - operating its flight routes between Milan - Phuket - Suvarnabhumi - Milan. |
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Hong Kong Express (China) - operating its flight routes between Hong Kong - Suvarnabhumi - Hong Kong. |
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Air Bagan (Myanmar) - operating its flight routes between Rangoon -
Suvarnabhumi - Rangoon.
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Jet Airways (India) - operating its flight routes between Delhi -
Suvarnabhumi - Delhi, Kulkata - Suvarnabhumi - Kulkata.
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Mihin Lanka (Sri Lanka) - operating its flight routes between Colombo -
Suvarnabhumi - Colombo. |
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Nok Air (Thailand) - operating its flight routes between Hanoi -
Suvarnabhumi - Hanoi.
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Oman Air (Oman) - operating its flight routes between Muscat -
Suvarnabhumi - Muscat.
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Air Seychelles (Republic of Seychelles) - operating its flight routes
between Seychelles - Suvarnabhumi - Seychelles.
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Besides, Siam General Aviation was a new Thailand-based domestic scheduled airline operating its domestic routes between Hua Hin - Suvarnabhumi -
Hua Hin.
When it came to the percentage of commercial aircraft movements in 2007, Thai Airways International was ranked first by 28.32 percent. Thai Air Asia came second by 12.24 percent while the third rank went to Bangkok Airways by 11.23 percent. The other airlines collectively accounted for 48.21 percent.
The types of aircraft mostly were divided into wide-bodied and narrow-bodied
types. The wide-bodied aircraft types were given such as A-300, A-310, A-330, A-
340, B-747, B-744, B-767, B-777, IL-76, IL-96, L-1011, MD-11 and DC-10. Then
came the narrow-bodied types which namely were such as A-319, A-320, A-321, AN-
12, AN-26, BAE-146, B-707, B-717, B-727, B-737, B-757, DC-8, IL-62, TU-154,
ATR-72, E-145, MA-60, MC-90 and MD-82. When it came to the percentage of
aircraft types, the wide-bodied types could be calculated to 56.21 percent. The
narrow-bodied types amounted to 42.60 percent whereas other small aircraft types jointly possessed the rest of 1.19 percent.
In 2007, the landings and take-offs of commercial aircraft movements in the first peak hour reached 59 movements per hour and those of the thirtieth peak hour accounted for 55 movements per hour.
2. Passenger Movement
Suvarnabhumi Airport served the total number of 41,210,081 passengers in
2007. The passenger numbers could be divided into 33,299,767 international and
7,910,314 domestic passengers. All of these passengers were on board aircraft from
the airport to 184 cities in 68 countries and to 30 domestic destinations in the country.
Thai Airways International shared the highest percentage of passengers on board by
40.72 percent while Thai Air Asia was ranked second, holding 8.23 percent of all passengers.
Based on the number of arriving and departing international passengers, the percentages of flight routes between Suvarnabhumi Airport and cities in various regions across the world could be expressed in descending order as follows:
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America: 0.37 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi
Airport and New York and 0.36 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi
Airport and Los Angeles; |
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Europe: 2.53 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi Airport
and London and 2.24 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi Airport and
Frankfurt;
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Africa: 0.26 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi Airport
and Cairo and 0.20 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi Airport and
Johannesburg;
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Middle East: 1.91 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi
Airport and Dubai and 1.08 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi
Airport and Abu Dhabi;
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South Asia: 1.38 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi
Airport and New Delhi and 1.15 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi
Airport and Mumbai;
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East Asia and Pacific: 5.89 percent of the flight routes between
Suvarnabhumi Airport and Tokyo and 5.39 percent of the flight routes between
Suvarnabhumi Airport and Incheon;
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Southeast Asia: 8.96 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi
Airport and Singapore and 8.21 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi
Airport and Hong Kong;
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Oceania: 2.13 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi
Airport and Sydney and 1.24 percent of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi
Airport and Melbourne;
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For the percentages of domestic routes, the routes between Suvarnabhumi Airport and Phuket held 29.89 percent whereas the routes between Suvarnabhumi Airport and Chiang Mai possessed 21.76 percent.
In terms of the percentages of airlines operating their flights and handling
passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport, 10 airline members of the Star Alliance gained
33.7 percent of the total aircraft movements and 47.4 percent of the total passenger
movements, whereas 7 airline members of the One World constituted 5.6 percent of
the total aircraft movements and 7.8 percent of the total passenger movements.
Obtained from the Immigration Bureau, the statistical information on international passengers showed that the percentage of nationalities was arranged in top three descending order as follows:
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Thai by 14.79 percent of the total nationalities |
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Japanese by 7.27 percent of the total nationalities, and |
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South Korean by 5.13 percent of the total nationalities. |
Passenger Movements during the First Peak Hour in 2007
The total number of international passengers was increased by 286, from 9,210 of the year 2006 to 9,496.
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The number of disembarking passengers was increased by 393, from 5,159
of the year 2006 to 5,552. |
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The number of embarking passengers was increased by 377, from 6,432 of
the year 2006 to 6,809. |
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The number of transit passengers was increased by 90, from 1,223 the year
2006 to 1,313.
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The total number of domestic passengers was decreased by 90, from 4,202 the year 2006 to 4,112.
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The number of disembarking passengers was increased by 683, from 2,646
the year 2006 to 3,329. |
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The number of embarking passengers was decreased by 804, from 3,115 of
the year 2006 to 2,311.
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The number of transit passengers was 244, whereas there were no transit
passengers in the year 2006.
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Passenger Movements during the Thirtieth Peak Hour in 2007
The total number of international passengers was increased by 830, from 7,524 of the year 2006 to 8,354.
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The number of disembarking passengers was increased by 481, from 4,389
of the year 2006 to 4,870. |
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The number of embarking passengers was increased by 872, from 5,205 of
the year 2006 to 6,077. |
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The number of transit passengers was increased by 225, from 806 of the
year 2006 to 1,031.
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The total number of domestic passengers was increased by 67, from 3,478 of the year 2006 to 3,545.
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The number of disembarking passengers was increased by 40, from 2,063
of the year 2006 to 2,307. |
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The number of embarking passengers was decreased by 230, from 2,286 of
the year 2006 to 2,056.
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The number of transit passengers was 101, whereas there were no transit
passengers in the year 2006.
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3. Freight Movement
The total volume of freight, which was exclusive of transit, was 1,209,720 tons which could be divided into 1,178,000-ton international and 31,720-ton domestic freight. Passenger flights constituted 77.90 percent of the total freight movements, whereas air freighters handled the rest of 22.10 percent.
Based on the volume of international inbound and outbound freight, the
percentages of the flight routes between Suvarnabhumi Airport and cities in various regions across the world could be expressed as follows:
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America: 0.39 percent of the total inbound and outbound freight
between Suvarnabhumi Airport and Los Angeles; |
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Europe: 3.17 percent of the total inbound and outbound freight between
Suvarnabhumi Airport and Paris;
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Middle East: 1.91 percent of the total inbound and outbound freight
between Suvarnabhumi Airport and Dubai;
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South Asia: 1.06 percent of the total inbound and outbound freight
between Suvarnabhumi Airport and Dhaka;
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East Asia and Pacific: 7.89 percent of the total inbound and outbound
freight between Suvarnabhumi Airport and Tokyo;
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Southeast Asia: 12.35 percent of the total inbound and outbound freight
between Suvarnabhumi Airport and Hong Kong;
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Oceania: 1.50 percent of the total inbound and outbound freight
between Suvarnabhumi Airport and Sydney;
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In terms of passenger aircraft, Thai Airways International handled the highest
volume of freight by 41.99, and the next was EVA Air which accounted for 1.58
percent. When it came to air freighters, Nippon Cargo Airlines came first, holding
1.58 percent of the total freight movements.
4. Mail Movement
The total number of mail, which was exclusive of transit, was 10,280 tons which could be split into 10,275-ton international and 5-ton domestic mail.
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