Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) says it has moved to deal with the problems related to soft surfaces at Suvarnabhumi airport that pose safety concerns for aircraft.
Sirote Duangratana, general manager of Suvarnabhumi airport, insisted that AoT had not overlooked the issues raised by the International Air Transport Association
The airport has had both immediate and long-term action plans in place for quite some time to resolve the "soft spots" on the tarmac, taxiways and apron areas where aeroplanes became stuck, he told the Bangkok Post on Friday
As a short-term solution, AoT has completed resurfacing five of the seven problem areas and will soon finish the remaining two.
The airport has also allocated a 2.5-billion-baht budget to convert a total of 700,000 square metres in areas used by airplanes into stronger concrete from fragile asphalt.