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Article: THAI plans to test second round of international flights.
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- Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)
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- September 14, 2006
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Byline: Boonsong Kositchotethana
Sep. 14--Thai Airways International (THAI) will conduct a second round of international flights through Suvarnabhumi Airport on Sept 22 to test its readiness ahead of the Sept 28 airport opening.
Four flights on three routes normally operated through Don Muang, will fly to Seoul and Beijing and from Guangzhou, through Suvarnabhumi instead for the test day only.
Unlike the first round of international test flights on the Bangkok-Hong Kong and Bangkok-Singapore routes on Sept 1, which involved mostly THAI staff and their families, the second round will involve paying passengers.
The national carrier will ...