News Forum - Director of Betong Airport transferred to inactive post

[Thaiger]

Oh dear, it all looked so promising… Following on from Nok Air’s declaration that it was suspending services to the newly-opened Betong Airport due to low uptake, the airport’s acting director has now been sacked. According to a Nation Thailand report, Duangporn Suwanmanee was removed from her position just 4 days after Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha arrived on the airport’s first commercial flight. According to the report, Department of Airports boss, Parinya Saensuwan, issued 3 orders on March 18. The first was for Betong’s acting director, Duangporn, to be removed from her position and transferred to an inactive post at […]

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[Fanta]

Is there a more inactive post than Betong Airport? /s

[kalyan]

555 !

[Scribble]

I can't find the reason given for her to be sacked and replaced from both airports?

Edited March 24, 2022 by Scribble

[AlexPTY]

looks like he already been in inactive position since airport is closed. so why bother? who would fly there anyway, it's like flying to Kiev now

[palooka]

Someone has to be the scapegoat, all about face.

[Cathat]

It's probably the worst moment in history to start new air routes and this is a face saving knee jerk reaction.

It takes a good while to build up regular traffic at the best of times and it's normal to run at a loss initially when introducing a new service/destination.

the airport could do well if the political issues in the area can be resolved and the building of the airport is part of a long term non military solution to the conflict.

Edited March 24, 2022 by Cathat

[HiuMak]

cost cutting

[DWSC]

I think many Thai people in the North don't understand the nature of places in the Deep South. Just briefly:

(1) The Deep South is embroiled in a violent struggle between the Malay Muslims (with deep relations to Northern Malaysian states) and the government of Bangkok that relished Buddhism. 

(2) Right now, borders between Malaysia and Thailand are still closed. Most of the travellers to Betong are Malaysians (only a 3-hour drive from Kuala Lumpur). 

(3) Tourism happened in Betong because of night clubs, bars, and red light district, just like Sadao in Songkhla bordering Malaysia.

(4) Betong is one of cities in the South that's rife in smuggling for petroleum and cooking oil from Malaysia. The other being Sungai Kolok and Tak Bai in Narathiwat.

(5) There isn't much ecotourism in and around Betong and the provincs of Yala, despite its luscious green forest, exquisite flora and fauna. In the past, the Thaksin Administration did try to revive but terrorism and violence diminished all the possibilities. 

(6) The most famous (touristy) landmark in Betong is the Malayan communist underground tunnel that's akin to the Vietnamese tunnels that besieged the Americans during the Vietnam War. It was also revered that the Malayan communists learned that from the Viet Congs to try and upstage against the British, Malayan, and Thai soldiers. But failed miserably. Despite being a landmark, there weren't a lot of hype about the landmark. 

[Vigo]

21 hours ago, HiuMak said:

cost cutting

Justifiably so.

[Lawyers_Guns_and_Money]

On 3/23/2022 at 8:50 PM, Thaiger said:

Oh dear, it all looked so promising… Following on from Nok Air’s declaration that it was suspending services to the newly-opened Betong Airport due to low uptake, the airport’s acting director has now been sacked. According to a Nation Thailand report, Duangporn Suwanmanee was removed from her position just 4 days after Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha arrived on the airport’s first commercial flight. According to the report, Department of Airports boss, Parinya Saensuwan, issued 3 orders on March 18. The first was for Betong’s acting director, Duangporn, to be removed from her position and transferred to an inactive post at […]

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[Leeshard]

Why did she need to be transferred to an inactive post? With no flight arrivals her post was already inactive. Why make yet another inactive post?