Thailand Earmarks $9B For U-Tapao Airport Modernization

Concept of U-Tapao international airport
Concept of U-Tapao international airport.
Credit: One Works
SINGAPORE—Bangkok has announced that it will invest THB290 billion ($8.82 billion) to modernize U-Tapao airport (UTP) under the Eastern Airport City masterplan. Work is expected to commence in 2023. The key stakeholders are India infrastructure company GMR Group and LCC Thai AirAsia, which have...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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