Colas: opens a new runway at Bangkok airport

(CercleFinance.com) - Thanomwongse Services, a subsidiary of the Tipco Asphalt Group in which Colas holds a 31.
09% stake, in collaboration with the Thai company Nawarat Patanakarn, recently completed the third runway and two new taxiways at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

The project, worth a total of 230 million euros, was carried out on behalf of Airports of Thailand PLC (AOT) and aims to consolidate Bangkok airport's position as a major air hub in Southeast Asia.

The opening of this third runway will enable the airport to increase its capacity from 45 to over 60 million passengers per year, with a target of 68 to 94 flights per hour.

'This emblematic project demonstrates our ability to mobilize our international expertise to build complex and strategic infrastructures. It illustrates our commitment to contributing to the sustainable economic development of the regions in which we operate, while maintaining the highest levels of safety and quality," explains Frédéric Roussel, Managing Director Asia/Pacific at Colas.

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