Fees departures increased by BT100 , AOT Board decides

Airports of Thailand has decided to increase charges for passengers move away from the current BT100 BT200 for domestic flights and from Bt700 to Bt800 for international flights in mid- 2014.
AOT President of the Sith Thivaree said the agency was notified that now give passengers plenty of notice.
Agency's Board also approved the appointment of Makin Petplay that was safe and well-paid job as a senior vice president THAICOM , as president, AOT is effective next month.
Executives in the tourism industry said it would not oppose fee increases departures BT100 , but wondered how the additional revenue can be used to improve facilities and services .
Sisdivachr Cheewarattanaporn , president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents , said he does not mind such a fee increase because it will have little impact on tourism. However , he wanted to know whether the higher fees would benefit airport users, through higher standards and better service, something foreign tourists complained to members of the association.
Yutthachai Soonthronrattanavate , president of the Association of Domestic Travel , had similar doubts .
Sitha said , raising passenger service charge (PSC ) was necessary because the actual cost of the increase to Bt336 the national passenger , Bt236 higher than per capita income collected. AOT to absorb the price difference for some time.
Higher departure fee will apply in all six AOT operated airports ( Suvarnabhumi Airport , Don Mueang , Chiang Mai , Chiang Rai , Phuket and Hat Yai ) , after approval by the Ministry of Civil Aviation after passengers were notified six months in advance , which should be in mid-2014 , he said.
AOT expects to earn from airport -related fees this year about BT16 billion CZK . The higher the departure passenger service charge (PSC ) should support an annual revenue of Bt3.8 billion ( Bt1.4 billion from domestic flights and Bt2.4 billion from international flights) . Profit gained from international flights - PSC will compensate for the losses incurred to the fee for domestic flights.
In another development , AOT hopes to be able to provide insurance for passengers of flight delays of more than three hours , regardless of the reason . Passengers delayed flights would be entitled to an immediate refund or a new ticket .
The insurance company AOT is designed to cover delays of five hours and up. This program should be initiated at the same time as the increase in PSC scheduled for mid- 2014.
With higher revenues this year of passenger growth , foreign exchange gains ( from yen -denominated loan swap around BT3 billion CZK ) and rental income reopening Don Mueang airport , the council agreed AOT reward their employees 11 months bonus this year. Details , however, have yet to be revealed .
The Board was asked to review the AOT 's operating results for the fiscal year 2013 ( October 1, 2012 , to September 30, 2013 ) at its next meeting , set for 6 November . AOT net profit before interest , tax and depreciation is Bt22.2 billion , while net profit of Bt14.4 billion Bt17.7 billion is more than 100 percent more than last year's net profit of Bt6.50 billion CZK .

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