Gaybutton Posted August 31, 2008 Posted August 31, 2008 The following appears in the BANGKOK POST: _____ Resort Airports Reopen at Phuket, Krabi Protesters dispersed and authorities reopened the airports at Phuket and Krabi in the South on Sunday, Airports of Thailand announced. Authorities said up to 15,000 passengers have been stranded at the airport on the southern resort isle of Phuket - the gem of Thai tourism. Several thousand more missed their flights at Krabi. "The airport resumed operations at about 11am," Phuket International Airport director Vicha Neunlop said. The island airport is the second busiest in Thailand under normal circumstances. "Krabi airport resumed normal service since early Sunday morning. The first flight from Bangkok has landed. There are no protesters left since the morning," an airport official at the southern resort town said. Hundreds of protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy appeared suddenly last Friday afternoon at Phuket, Krabi and Hat Yai International airports and forced them to close by barricading approach roads and - in Phuket - going on the runway. Service at Hat Yai was resumed on Saturday. Quote
