Airport Guide for Suvarnabhumi International airport

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  February 10, 2012  

Thailand's international airport is located some 28km east of its capital, Bangkok. The airport is known to be as Suvarnabhumi International Airport, the word ‘Suvarnabhumi' meaning ‘The Golden Land'.

A high speed rail track has been constructed between the Bangkok city centre and the airport to cut the journey as short as 15mins. Other than the several awards the airport has received, the recent one was of the 5th Best Airport 2010 by Airport Council International based on over 40 million passenger category. The airport has also received some awards for its excellent food services.

Among the many facilities at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport, some are:

• Bureaux de change, ATMs and post office
• Restaurants, food outlets and bars
• Disabled facilities
• Duty free shops
• Thai massage, spa and salon facilities
• Business centre and private meeting rooms
• Wi-Fi Access
• State-of-the-art video and visual entertainment rooms
• Shower rooms
• Medical Clinic
• Car rental, rail and taxi services

The is also a 612-room, four star hotel available; the Novotel Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel which is at a 3 minute walk from the airport and for that they have an underground air-conditioned walkway.

The airport is well equipped and has 102 elevators, 107 moving walkways and 83 escalators and it plans to flourish even more in future. The airlines that serve the airport include Thai Air (TG), Air China (CA), Qatar Airways (QR), Malaysian Airline (MH), Turkish Airlines (TK), Oman Aviation (WY), Air India (AI), Kingfisher Airline (IT) and many more.