Suvarnabhumi Explains Flight Delays, Baggage Backlog Amid Floods
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Suvarnabhumi Airport is urgently coordinating with Thai Airways to address the shortage of ground staff due to flooding in several areas and malfunctions in some baggage handling vehicles, affecting both incoming and outgoing flights.
The diluvian rains that hit Bangkok complicate access to Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports. The flights continue, but delays are reported and, in Suvarnabhumi, passengers are waiting for their luggage for several hours. The Thai authorities yesterday declared the state of disaster in the 50 districts of the capital of the kingdom, after rains that [...]
Heavy rain and flooding continued to disrupt traffic in Bangkok on September 27th. A Vietnamese passenger recounted how it took hours to get to the airport, their flight was delayed, and by noon today their checked baggage had still not been delivered to Vietnam.
Suvarnabhumi explains flight delays, baggage backlog amid floods
BANGKOK — 27 September 2026, Suvarnabhumi Airport has explained that widespread flooding has disrupted ground-handling operations, causing flight delays and leaving passengers waiting longer for their baggage. Kittipong Kittikhachorn, director of Suvarnabhumi Airport under Airports of Thailand (AOT), said that the airport had received complaints from Thai Airways passengers about delayed departures and long waits […]
Suvarnabhumi Airport has clarified that some outbound Thai Airways flights have been delayed and arriving passengers have been waiting longer than usual for their luggage since September 26th, due to flooding affecting ground staff transportation and malfunctions of some baggage transport vehicles. They are urgently coordinating to increase staff and manage the backlog of luggage. The post Suvarnabhumi Airport in chaos! Flooding affects ground s…
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