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AOT adds warehouse space and tracking to clear Suvarnabhumi cargo backlog
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Airports of Thailand (AOT) is lending Thai Airways extra warehouse space and linking the airline’s cargo tags to its own tracking platform to clear the cargo backlog at Suvarnabhumi International Airport , which is delaying inbound air freight, AOT said today, November 9.
Key facts
- Some goods that landed on October 10 were still stuck last week, and AOT set no recovery date.
- Airports of Thailand (AOT) is lending Thai Airways extra warehouse space and linking the airline’s cargo tags to its own tracking platform to clear the cargo backlog at Suvarnabhumi International Airport , which is delaying inbound air
- Under the plan, Thai Airways can use Warehouse 4 (WH-4) inside the airport’s duty-free zone for oversized cargo, which AOT expects to ease space limits and let staff move backlogged goods out faster.
- The backlog began in late September, when flooding in Bangkok left Thai Airways short of staff , and the airline stopped accepting cargo at its Suvarnabhumi warehouse from September 30 to October 6.
Summary
Some goods that landed on October 10 were still stuck last week, and AOT set no recovery date.
Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn told AOT to work with Thai Airways to get the airline’s import warehouse back to normal, so that the problem would not spread to the country’s wider logistics system.