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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Koh Samui Airport
Location: Koh Samui - Thailand Date: 24 Feb 2008
Samui Airport (USM) is the airport of Koh Samui, serving domestic and international destinations. Samui Airport is a privately owned airport, built and owned by Bangkok Airways.
Samui Airport
Ticket Office
Bangkok Airways bills itself as a boutique airline and the airport feels more like a tropical hotel resort than an airport. Samui Airport was listed 4th Best Airport in the Smart Travel Asia 2006 online poll.
Departure Lounge
The airport has 2 terminals (Domestic and International) and is opened planned. There are no wall as such, so the tropical air circulates freely in the terminal and you can see the gardens and runway nearby.
The departure lounge features comforts that you would usually associate with alliance lounges at big airports. There is a Courtesy Corner with free coffee and snacks, and complimentary newspaper stand. There is also a free internet corner (but no wireless).
Courtesy Corner
Newspaper Rack
The toilets are great. You have to go in even if you don't need to just to see the tropical fish tanks.
Tropical Fish Tank - Mens Toilet
Boutique Toilet
When your flight is ready you are transferred to your plane via a tropical transfer bus.
Transfer Bus
Samui is a great airport if you have become too accustomed to the drudgery of low cost airline terminals, which are often not much more than a tin shed. It adds a touch of class to flying which was lost, well decades ago. The high landing costs for other airlines though is probably why there aren't as many airlines flying into Samui.
Samui Airport is currently used by Bangkok Airways, Thai Airways, Berjaya Air and Firefly.
Samui Airport (USM) is the airport of Koh Samui, serving domestic and international destinations. Samui Airport is a privately owned airport, built and owned by Bangkok Airways.
Samui Airport
Ticket Office
Bangkok Airways bills itself as a boutique airline and the airport feels more like a tropical hotel resort than an airport. Samui Airport was listed 4th Best Airport in the Smart Travel Asia 2006 online poll.
Departure Lounge
The airport has 2 terminals (Domestic and International) and is opened planned. There are no wall as such, so the tropical air circulates freely in the terminal and you can see the gardens and runway nearby.
The departure lounge features comforts that you would usually associate with alliance lounges at big airports. There is a Courtesy Corner with free coffee and snacks, and complimentary newspaper stand. There is also a free internet corner (but no wireless).
Courtesy Corner
Newspaper Rack
The toilets are great. You have to go in even if you don't need to just to see the tropical fish tanks.
Tropical Fish Tank - Mens Toilet
Boutique Toilet
When your flight is ready you are transferred to your plane via a tropical transfer bus.
Transfer Bus
Samui is a great airport if you have become too accustomed to the drudgery of low cost airline terminals, which are often not much more than a tin shed. It adds a touch of class to flying which was lost, well decades ago. The high landing costs for other airlines though is probably why there aren't as many airlines flying into Samui.
Samui Airport is currently used by Bangkok Airways, Thai Airways, Berjaya Air and Firefly.
Labels: airport, bangkok airways, koh samui, thailand
Posted by James Clark - editor of itravelnet.com
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Thanks so much for sharing the photos James! I got a particular kick out of the bathroom pics with the fish tank over the urinals.
-Suz
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