News Forum - Thai Airways says Suvarnabhumi Airport passengers should arrive 4 hours early, AOT says ‘not true’

[Thaiger]

Thai Airways and Airports of Thailand (AOT) can’t agree on waiting times at Suvarnabhumi Airport. THAI recommends that passengers on international flights should arrive four hours ahead of departure due to delays at the airport. AOT says this is “not true” and asks passengers to arrive three hours ahead of schedule. In a Facebook post, …

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[nomad1]

Arrived 3 hours before flight. Checked in 2 and a half hours before and went to go through security and immigration. Took exactly 2 and a half hours to pass security and immigration. Needless to say missed my flight along with 5 other passengers...

[TedG]

It was smooth sailing 5 months ago.   I hope it’s not a CF on Firday.

Edited March 14, 2023 by TedG

[Marc26]

Took me 15mins on Sunday the 12th but my flight was at 7:30am, so early in morning

 

Not one person in front of me at security

 

BUT...........I can see where the new boarding pass scam machines before you go up the escalator would slow things down

 

PLUS........Idiotically, they still had a person checking your boarding pass at the top of the escalator!!

[LuckyStrike]

Hopefully they will actually be done my March 29.

Edit: the 29th is just one zone

 

• Zone 3 screening points on the west side of the passenger terminal will be closed from 12am on March 1 to 12am on March 29.
• Zone 3 screening points in the terminal’s east side will be closed from 12am on March 30 to 12am on April 26.
• Zone 2 screening points on the west side will be closed from 12am on April 27 to 12am on May 24.
• Zone 2 screening points on the east side will be closed from 12am on May 25 to 12am on June 2.
• Zone 1 screening points will be closed from 12am on June 22 to 12am on July 12.

 

 

Edited March 14, 2023 by LuckyStrike

[Sawarot]

Monday the 13th, arrived about 2h50 before evening flight. Still had about an hour to kill before boarding began. Normal queues, no significant delays. Travelled with only hand luggage so didn't have to queue up to leave any bags though. 

[HiuMak]

On 3/14/2023 at 11:36 AM, Thaiger said:

Thai Airways and Airports of Thailand (AOT) can’t agree on waiting times at Suvarnabhumi Airport. THAI recommends that passengers on international flights should arrive four hours ahead of departure due to delays at the airport. AOT says this is “not true” and asks passengers to arrive three hours ahead of schedule. In a Facebook post, …

The story Thai Airways says Suvarnabhumi Airport passengers should arrive 4 hours early, AOT says ‘not true’ as seen on Thaiger News.

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The airline industry is getting ridiculous. With Online Checkin and self service kiosks, shouldn't it reduce arriving early into the airports. What a Crap.

[TedG]

From check in through security/passport control, 21 minutes.