Delayed flights cause congestion at Suvarnabhumi
published : 27 Dec 2023 at 09:19
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassayos Ngamkham
The arrival of delayed flights was the cause of the long queues for incoming passengers at Suvarnabhumi airport early Monday morning, according to the Immigration Bureau.
The chief of Immigration Division 2 said the influx occurred between midnight and 2am on Monday, when 5,563 passengers arrived on 22 flights.
"Inbound traffic surged 33% above normal because of some delayed flights and the number of inbound passengers rose by about 1,000 above the usual number," he said.
The inbound passengers queue overflowed the immigration hall at Suvarnabhumi airport. Passengers took about 40 minutes to pass through immigration, even though immigration booths were staffed to the maximum, he said.
Arriving flights normally peaked between 1pm and 8pm, he said.
He also advised travellers to keep their boarding passes to speed up the process, because immigration officers needed to register the documents.
Vocabulary
- boarding pass: a card that a passenger must have to be allowed to enter an aircraft or a ship - ใบขึ้นเครื่องบิน
- booth: a small tent or temporary structure at a market, an exhibition or a fairground, where you can buy things, get information or watch something - แผงลอย,ห้องเล็ก, บูธ
- congestion: a situation in which a place is crowded with people or vehicles - แน่นขนัดไปด้วยรถหรือคน
- delayed: happening at a later time than expected - เกิดขึ้นช้ากว่าปกติ
- immigration: dealing with people entering and leaving the country - การตรวจคนเข้าเมือง
- inbound: travelling towards a particular point, particularly into a city - ขาเข้า (opposite of outbound ขาออก)
- influx: a large number of people or things coming in to a place - การหลั่งไหล การไหลบ่า (เข้าไปยังที่ใดที่หนึ่ง)
- overflow (adj): having too many people in an area, more people than can be comfortable held - ล้น
- peak (adj): to reach the highest amount or level, before becoming lower - ขึ้นจนถึงจุดสุดยอด, ช่วงเวลาที่หนาแน่นที่สุด
- process: a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result - แนวทางปฏิบัติ, กระบวน, วิธีการ
- surge: to increase very quickly - เพิ่มขึ้นอย่างรวดเร็ว
