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===Airports=== [[File:HS-TGA (15495092647).jpg|thumb|right|Suvarnabhumi Airport is home to flag carrier [[Thai Airways International]].]] Bangkok is one of Asia's busiest [[Airline hub|air transport hubs]]. Two commercial airports serve the city, the older [[Don Mueang International Airport]] and the newer [[Suvarnabhumi Airport]]. Suvarnabhumi, which replaced Don Mueang as Bangkok's main airport after its opening in 2006, served 52,808,013 passengers in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aci.aero/Data-Centre/Monthly-Traffic-Data/Passenger-Summary/Year-to-date|title=2015 Year to date Passenger Traffic|website=www.aci.aero|access-date=2016-12-10|archive-date=13 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813170044/http://www.aci.aero/Data-Centre/Monthly-Traffic-Data/Passenger-Summary/Year-to-date}}</ref> making it the world's 20th [[List of busiest airports by passenger traffic|busiest airport by passenger volume]]. This volume exceeded its designed capacity of 45 million passengers. Don Mueang reopened for domestic flights in 2007,<ref name="awst_20070101">"In With the Old", ''[[Aviation Week & Space Technology]]'', 1 January 2007.</ref> and resumed international service focusing on low-cost carriers in October 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mahitthirook|first=Amornrat|title=Don Mueang airport reopens|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/314973/don-mueang-airport-reopens|access-date=11 October 2012|newspaper=Bangkok Post|date=1 October 2012|archive-date=3 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003233958/http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/314973/don-mueang-airport-reopens|url-status=live}}</ref> Suvarnabhumi is undergoing expansion to increase its capacity to 60 million passengers by 2019 and 90 million by 2021.<ref>{{cite news|title=Thai airport operator to spend $5.5 bln on expansion|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/thailand-airports-expansion-idUSL4N1983E9|website=Reuters Asia|date=16 June 2016|agency=Reuters|access-date=19 May 2017|archive-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230085504/http://www.reuters.com/article/thailand-airports-expansion-idUSL4N1983E9|url-status=live}}</ref>
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