Flights bound for Bangkok cancelled or delayed in Chinese cities due to unrest
27/11/2008 16:33
More than a dozen of flights bound for Bangkok from Chinese cities were
cancelled or delayed yesterday as protesters forced the Thai capital's
Suvarnabhumi International Airport to shut down.
The Beijing Capital
International Airport said that Air China, the country's national flag carrier,
had canceled two flights, one inbound from and the other outbound for the
turbulent city.
No information was available for the other five flights
operated by Air China and Thai Airways International, which are supposed to
leave for Bangkok or arrive in Beijing from the city yesterday or early this
morning.
The airport had told passengers these five flights may have been
canceled or delayed. Nearly 1,000 people were affected by the delayed or
canceled flights.
Guangzhou and Shanghai, which have flights bound for
Bangkok as well, had also canceled four flights each yesterday.
Suvarnabhumi
International Airport was paralyzed after protesters led by the People's
Alliance for Democracy (PAD) expanded their action against state agencies to the
airport Tuesday evening in a showdown aimed at toppling the government led by
premier Somchai Wongsawat.
Thousands of travelers were stranded at
Suvarnabhumi airport on Tuesday night after airport officials canceled all
flights.
Xinhua
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