Udon Air Passenger Traffic

Post by **welshwizard** » February 13, 2014, 5:03 pm

Maaka you had better believe it . Worst trip i ever had . I wanted to get off in korat and stay in a hotel but my wife persuaded me to stay on the bus.
I had a similar bad trip udon to rayong of 17 hours. Had lots of good trips to but long time ago now ,i think all the buses were bought 10 yrs ago and not many new ones now just repainted. Same as everything in thailand no profit put back into the business.
Not much care or respect for passengers these days.Why do these buses not carry water in the tank and just have a big drum of water in the tiny toilet making it nearly impossible to use without getting piss and water on yourself.Nightmare when a little 4 yr old wants a crap. Old farts on here forget not everyone is an old fart and how hard it is for someone with a child .
Just looking at flight udon bkk 24 april 3000 baht for 3 of us air asia . Cannot beat that going by dirty dangerous bus or dirty late train.
never heard of the aero club cessna
ww

Post by **maaka** » February 13, 2014, 5:49 pm

yup the plane is more expensive, but your there before can unwrapped the plastic from your soggy sandwich, with its unidentifible ingredients, and down your jungle juice..maybe you could do the bus thing it in two stages, with an over night stop in a temple halfway there..

I have always wondered about areo clubs in Thailand..I do alot of flying in small planes..sometimes pilots hire small planes and you can flick them some coin to sit in the spare seats to help cover their costs..but it is alongtime since I was in a small plane in Siam, but just like other countries, they must have areo clubs and airfields..I think there is one over KK way...maybe someone can enlighten us abit on another thread...

Post by **rick** » February 13, 2014, 10:25 pm

Never said WW was a liar. As i said, haven't used the train in a while, last time was 2011. On the buses use them about 2 times a year; but i used to pay about 450 baht Udon-Bangkok when go to Swampy; dug out an old ticket but it was 2-3 years old and it said 418 baht. Not sure what it cost last year when i did the trip, but not much more. Special offers on flying are ok when you can get them, but often luggage is extra. I mainly travel to Bangkok-Udon Udon- Bangkok for connecting International flights, and which i use depends on the departure/arrival time (e.g. Plane often arrives Swampy to late to get the flight to Udon that day, so take the bus). Last year i took a bus trip in Europe, and i can assure you it was very similar in facilities to the thai buses i use (but no free drinks and snacks like in Thailand).

Post by **parrot** » June 12, 2014, 4:10 pm

The numbers keep growing.....and given that the number of flights is increasing as well, I have no reason to doubt the numbers aren't fudged (much).

Post by **pomps** » June 18, 2014, 8:37 pm

Agree Parrot so many more flights now.would be a tad strange if the numbers did not go up as well

,arriving back today absolute mayhem in the car park,double parking madness as my Thai flight arrived just before Bangkok airways and Nok air just leaving

And so far judging by the airlines through observation is that airlines except Bangkok airways use the connecting walkway,had to wait for 5 mins for Nok air to free it up,gawd knows if air asia had landed as well this afternoon

Post by **TGSA01** » June 19, 2014, 7:26 am

Absolutely more flights and more passengers but Bangkok Airways have now dropped the afternoon flight, now only two flights a day to Suvarnabhumi, unfortunately. Don't know if that is only seasonal, time will tell...

Post by **pomps** » June 19, 2014, 7:37 am

Must have been their last flight yesterday arrived 5 mins after Thai and pushed Thai to luggage 2 belt

The quicker they get on with rebuilding the old terminal to get another connection walkway and for air asia/bangkok/nok air the better.new terminal can be Thai and future international flights.
June is one of the quieter months.would say Thai was 60/70% full yesterday

Post by **jackspratt** » June 19, 2014, 8:30 am

TGSA01 wrote:Absolutely more flights and more passengers but Bangkok Airways have now dropped the afternoon flight, now only two flights a day to Suvarnabhumi, unfortunately. Don't know if that is only seasonal, time will tell...

They are still showing the 1310 flight on their website - at least in late September (when I hope to use it).

Having said that, they did cancel that flight (which I had booked and paid) in April .

Post by **pomps** » June 19, 2014, 10:58 am

If they will honour your booking JS then you will be pleased to know their business lounge at swampy ( being refurbed at the moment until end of July) will have leather seats,aussie footie on the tv and cold piss should you wish to indulge

Post by **parrot** » January 4, 2015, 6:57 pm

Udon has 25 flights today.....KK 13.

Post by **BobHelm** » January 4, 2015, 7:08 pm

Any chance you could update the monthly figures that you posted earlier in the year parrot??

Post by **parrot** » January 4, 2015, 8:45 pm

I was just looking at the November numbers......but after you asked for the figures, I returned to the aviation.go.th website and got an error message. Pretty standard fare for Thai government websites.
I'll try again in the morning.
The chart at http://portal.aviation.go.th/site/stat/2013/TUD2013.pdf shows 2013 numbers and from what I recall, the 2014 numbers are up 5-10% month to month.

Post by **parrot** » January 5, 2015, 4:55 pm

BobHelm wrote:Any chance you could update the monthly figures that you posted earlier in the year parrot??

As promised:

Post by **pomps** » January 5, 2015, 5:09 pm

Suprised to see October was the busiest month for passengers albeit too early for info re December

Post by **Earnest** » January 7, 2015, 1:59 am

BobHelm wrote:Plus Bangkok Airways have just decided that there is a passenger base large enough for them to start running daily flights.

Yeah, no issues with that except that I was surprised at the number of cancellations they placed when I was on an occasional visit in November. I don't want to fly in to BKK from LHR at 1530 then find out BKK Airways have cancelled my flight up to UTH. I want to get off the London 'plane, jump on an Udon bound domestic flight a couple of hours later and be sat on my verandah at 8pm laughing like a drain at my cavorting outlaws. I really don't want to be stuck in Bangers overnight (full of Egg 'n' Beer Stainers, readers).

In summary, if an airline is going to aim for a market share then the least they can do is step up to the mark.

Post by **bignote1** » January 7, 2015, 4:05 am

In the EU ......in the event of a cancellation, the passenger is entitled, among other things, to cash compensation of Euros 250/400/600 for flights type 1, 2 and 3.
Flight 1----A flight of less than 1500km in distance.
Flight 2----A flight within the EU between 1500 and 3500km
Flight 3----A flight not within the EU of greater than 3500km.
Are there no rules in Thailand regarding passenger compensation in LOS?

Post by **rjj04** » January 7, 2015, 6:47 am

Then again I would not want the compensation set so high as so the airline is pushing to fly in very bad weather conditions, or when the airplane has a red-X maintenance condition, or heaven forbid the pilot is still drunk from the night before

Post by **weasel** » January 7, 2015, 12:33 pm

I just got given 1200 baht by Bangkok airways for bringing forward my UD to Bangers flight about 2 hours and they sent SMS, email and called to advise and explain. Excellent service weasel

Post by **parrot** » February 6, 2015, 2:26 pm

The numbers continue to grow for Udon! I suspect a good percentage of those numbers are locals traveling back and forth to Bangkok via air instead of bus/van/car. But in any case......that's a lot of passenger traffic compared to a few years ago.

Post by **pomps** » March 29, 2015, 12:06 pm

When Kan airlines starts the routes then should help a tad $\:D/$