THAI says Suvarnabhumi Airport passengers should arrive 4 hours early, AOT says ‘not true’

Thai Airways (THAI) and Airports of Thailand (AOT) can’t agree on waiting instances at Suvarnabhumi Airport. THAI recommends that passengers on worldwide flights should arrive 4 hours forward of departure as a end result of delays on the airport.
AOT says this is “not true” and asks passengers to reach three hours ahead of schedule.
In a Facebook post, THAI asks for passengers’ cooperation in arriving four hours earlier than their flight, citing that Suvarnabhumi Airport’s international checkpoint Zone 3 is closed due to the set up of Automatic Return Tray Systems (ARTS) taking place from March 1-29, 2023.
Yesterday, AOT released a press release calling THAI’s publish “inaccurate.” AOT says that two ARTS have been put in at worldwide checkpoint Zone 3 and the checkpoint reopened on March 10, meaning that a three-hour wait is sufficient.
So should worldwide passengers arrive three or four hours earlier than departure?
On Sunday, one passenger said…
“Three hours before departure time is really required at BKK Airport now. All procedures (check-in, baggage inspection, immigration) have a protracted queue.
“Check-in, baggage inspection, and immigration take at least one and a half hours. Thai folks pass through immigration with automatic machines, which could be quicker.
“Will foreigners miss their flights? Everyone appears worried. Should I be joyful or dissatisfied with Thailand?
“If it didn’t take so long foreigners would spend more money within the airport on souvenirs and food.
“The news attributes the lengthy queues to the improvement of the baggage inspection area which is able to scale back waiting times (but cause delays during the set up process).
“If there were extra Chinese vacationers than this, the airport could be overwhelmed.”
Kapook reported that many international passengers missed their flights this weekend, especially nighttime flights, as a end result of long queues at Suvarnabhumi Airport and some panicked passengers asked to jump the queue to attempt to make their flight.
One Thai passenger said…
“On my final two international journeys, I arrived three hours forward of departure. I didn’t have time to eat or chill before flying. If Unusual didn’t have a Thai passport, I would have positively missed the flight. I feel sorry for foreigners.
“I’m #TeamThaiAirways. Arriving four hours ahead of schedule is better.”
Both AOT and Thai Airways released statements in the Thai language solely. One Twitter user complained…