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Articles & Analysis | Two in one will go: Soaring passenger numbers lead to backtrack on single airport policy from The Report: Thailand 2012
The theory is sound. A single mega-airport housing all international and domestic flights in and out of Bangkok has its obvious advantages. It would bring economies of scale for the airport and airlines as well as easier transfers for passengers, advantages endorsed by the International Association of Air Transport (IATA). However, Thailand is a...
Articles & Analysis | Train of thought: Infrastructure borrowings put railways back on track from The Report: Thailand 2012
In her first meeting with the foreign press corps in March 2012, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra boldly announced that Thailand intended to go it alone on constructing high-speed rail services. The plan on the table up to that point had always been that Thailand would form a part of Chinese ambitions to build – and at least partly fund – fast...