Editing Suvarnabhumi Airport (section)

===Initial difficulties===
Difficulties were reported in the first few days of the airport's operation. On the first day alone, sluggish luggage handling was common—the first passenger arrival by Aerosvit took an hour for the luggage to start coming out, and some flights did not have their luggage coming out even after four hours. Flights were delayed (Thai Airways claimed that 17 of 19 flights were delayed that day), and there were failures with the check-in system.<ref>Suchat Sritma, [http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/09/29/headlines/headlines_30014935.php Touch down...into chaos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011164858/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/09/29/headlines/headlines_30014935.php |date=11 October 2006 }}, 29 September 2006</ref><ref>e-Travel Blackboard, [http://www.etravelblackboard.com/index.asp?id=56548&nav=20 Baggage ruffles up some feathers, but Suvarnabhumi still a success], 29 September 2006 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193237/http://www.etravelblackboard.com/index.asp?id=56548&nav=20 |date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> Subsequent problems included the failure of the cargo computer system, and the departure boards displaying the wrong information, resulting in confused passengers (unlike Don Mueang, there were no "final calls" issued).<ref>''The Nation'', [http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/10/01/national/national_30015085.php Airport shippers hit by computer failure] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104190105/http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/10/01/national/national_30015085.php |date=4 January 2007 }}, 2 October 2006</ref>

Months after its opening, issues of congestion, construction quality, signage, provision of facilities, and soil subsidence continued to plague the project, prompting calls to reopen Don Mueang to allow for repairs to be made.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070204091221/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30025318 Some flight services will likely return the Don Muang Airport], ''The Nation'', 29 January 2007. </ref> Expert opinions varied widely on the extent of Suvarnabhumi's problems as well as their root cause. Most airlines stated that damage to the airport was minimal.<ref name="The Nation">''The Nation'', [http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/02/10/national/national_30026474.php Engineers unable to agree on root cause of airport cracks] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212094727/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/02/10/national/national_30026474.php |date=12 February 2007 }}, 10 February 2007</ref><ref>''The Nation'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20070216032423/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/02/15/headlines/headlines_30026915.php THAI baulks at moving to Don Muang], 15 February 2007</ref> Then Prime Minister [[Surayud Chulanont]] reopened Don Mueang for domestic flights voluntarily on 16 February 2007, with 71 weekly flights moved back initially, but no international flights.<ref>[http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/258994/1/.html Thailand backtracks on plan for second international airport], [[Channel NewsAsia]], 16 February 2007 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218073052/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/258994/1/.html |date=18 February 2007 }}</ref>