More capital-intensive activities such as establishing in-flight catering facilities or a full-flight pilot training school could be undertaken as a joint venture with the navy.
Setting up the airport's IT system could be open to a joint venture or fully invested by the navy.
"Let's put it this way -- whatever investment we can make, we'll do ourselves,'' Rear Adm Worapol said.
In the interview, he addressed critical deficiencies in facilities pointed out earlier by the Airline Operators Committee, an industry body representing 86 international airlines and 26 aviation service...
One deficiency is the cargo terminal, for which the airport chief said two warehouses, each measuring 40x50x17 metres, would soon begin construction using navy funding