Catching up on a few photos in the ol’ Razr, here’s a little tour through the new Suvarnabhumi airport.

I read in the IHT I’d grabbed before boarding for Bangkok that now, with the airport having been open a whole 24 hours so far, the current level of lost baggage is not as horrendous as it could have been.
Only 15% (I believe) of flights are losing their luggage. Yay! I have a 15% chance of using that baggage insurance I paid a mint for! :D

The airport, which was recently given the ‘BKK’ title from the old Don Muang International Airport upon opening on the 28th, is really huge. We walked through endless and massive tunnels dotted with washrooms, docking terminals, smoking rooms (!) and facilitated by loonnnggg people-conveyer belts. It takes about 20 minutes just to walk to the baggage handling area. That’s not THAT much however, and in line with my memories of Heathrow and even Lester B Pearson (hate that airport) depending on the flight, terminal, etc. I noted that there didn’t seem to be any airtrain or shuttle to move you from terminal to terminal (also like Heathrow as I recall and unlike LBP or SFO).

Excuse the blurriness, but what do you expect out of a Razr phone pic?The theme of Suvarnabhumi Airport appears to be these massive half-cylinder tunnels, with this cool neon blue track lighting that you can see from outside. Once you get out of the baggage handling area the promenade to the taxis reveals the source (one of them at least) of the cool blue lighting. The blue fringed stainless steel looks really good actually.

All in all I’d say the Suvarnabhumi airport is one of, if not THE, nicest airport I’ve yet been through.