{"id":498,"date":"2015-09-08T16:58:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T09:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absoluteresorts.com\/our-stories\/?p=498"},"modified":"2015-09-08T16:58:18","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T09:58:18","slug":"airport-extension-to-finish-on-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absoluteresorts.com\/our-stories\/airport-extension-to-finish-on-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport extension to finish on time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">The Phuket Airport Authority has confirmed that the 5.7-billion-baht expansion of the international terminal will be completed by its February 14, 2016 deadline, as promised.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.absoluteresorts.com\/our-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/airport.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.absoluteresorts.com\/our-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/airport.jpeg\" alt=\"airport\" width=\"700\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.absoluteresorts.com\/our-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/airport.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.absoluteresorts.com\/our-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/airport-300x196.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe latest update from the contractor states that the building is almost 80 per cent finished and that construction is flowing steadily as the rainy season clears up,\u201d said Amnuay Sarachart, executive vice president of the Phuket International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The new extension will increase the airport\u2019s capacity to 12.5 million passengers annually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe February 14 deadline is for the extension only, and not for any other facilities or existing building renovations,\u201d Mr Amnuay noted.<\/p>\n<p>A completion date has yet to be scheduled for the entire project.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Phuket Airport Authority has confirmed that the 5.7-billion-baht expansion of the international terminal will be completed by its February 14, 2016 deadline, as promised. \u201cThe latest update from the contractor states that the building is almost 80 per cent finished and that construction is flowing steadily as the rainy season clears up,\u201d said Amnuay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-absolute-hotels","category-absolute-resorts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Airport extension to finish on time | Absolute Resorts &amp; 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