The biggest airlines do not want to fly to Bangkok

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The biggest airlines do not want to fly to Bangkok

The biggest airlines do not want to fly to Bangkok

 

10.01.2014. More than thirty air flights of the world's largest carriers to Bangkok have been canceled due to opposition plans to stage a large-scale protest rally in the Thai capital on January 13 and "shut down" the city. This was announced today by the Thai Ministry of Transport. Flights to Bangkok on January 13 have already been canceled by Hong Kong Airlines, Singapore Airlines, and Katy Pacific. This was done, although the oppositionists promised not to interfere with the activities of international airports in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.

Yinglak Shinawatra, acting prime minister of the state, said earlier that the authorities will provide all necessary assistance to foreign tourists. The "hot line", calling to which tourists will be able to find out how to get to the airport, avoiding traffic jams, which are arranged by protesters. In addition, the airport Suvarnabhumi operates a special information center where passengers can get information quickly about the situation in Bangkok, according to ITAR-TASS.

According to the Thai Tourism Council of Thailand, losses tourism industry capital of the kingdom because of opposition demonstrations in January of this year will be approximately 18 billion baht (more than 19 billion rubles). According to experts, the number of tourists who visit Bangkok, reduced by 400 thousand.

 

Over the entire period of mass unrest,

who do not stop in Bangkok since late October,

killing eight people.

Still about four hundred were injured.

 

As reported by the media in Thailand, in the capital's airports also celebrated the mass cancellation of charter flights, carried out by small business-class private jets. Bangkok carriers used traditionally as one of the major logistics centers in South-East Asia.

The biggest airlines do not want to fly to Bangkok

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation recommends that Russians strongly refrain from traveling to Bangkok. This was announced on January 9 in the Russian diplomatic department. "There are collisions between pro-government and opposition forces. In this regard, we strongly recommend Russian citizens not to travel to Bangkok, and for companies that host our tourists to cancel excursions to the Thai capital for the period of likely mass opposition rallies," the commentary noted. - Russians, those in the city need to be careful, adhere to all the requirements of the security forces and not visit places where demonstrators are crowded. "

Opposition forces 13 January intend to shut down transport in Bangkok at twenty major intersections, allowing the movement only to public transport and ambulances. In addition, the demonstrators intend to deprive the water supply and de-energize the main government buildings, which have been done many times before. The action, called "Close Bangkok", according to opposition plans, will last for twenty days.

As the authorities promise, law and order in the city will be ensured, in addition to the police, by military personnel. If provocations and bloodshed arise, the government is preparing to declare a state of emergency in the country. The opposition, whose ideological core is from the Democratic Party, is trying to achieve the immediate resignation of Shinawatra, the acting prime minister, and, in addition, the cancellation of the early elections to the National Assembly (parliament) of Thailand, which is scheduled for February 2.

Despite the boycott of the elections, which was announced by the Democrats, a record number of parties - more than fifty - are participating in the election campaign. Attempts by the protesters to cancel the vote without even allowing self-nominated candidates to register were successful in 28 constituencies in 8 provinces.

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