Airport Code for Suvarnabhumi
 

does anyone know the code?

if you don't know what i am talking about it's the new airport for bangkok set to open sometime next yr

"It is proposed that it will inherit its IATA code BKK from Bangkok International Airport."

http://www.suvarnabhumi-internationa...t-bangkok.com/

Suvarnabhumi

Now there is a mouthful! Anyone know what it means in thai?

i can say it in thai


it's pronounced

'sue vaa naa poom' (i tried my best to write it out)

meaning...
 

In some Indian languages,

Suvarna = Gold
Bhoomi = Land/Earth

Therefore it would mean Land of Gold or Golden Land.

I'd be very interested in the Thai meaning of-course...

-R

"Mouthful"? - It's all relative
 

It's all relative - "Massachusetts" is a mouthful for lots of other people, y'know.

Suvarnabhumi is Sanskrit in origin. I thought someone told me once that it meant Good/Bountiful Earth or something like that.

If those words derived from a Sanskrit equivalent, then here's my guess: Bhumi is Sanskrit for land / earth. Suvarna means something like "Of a good color" or perhaps "Of a golden color". Therefore, Suvarnabhumi may mean "land of a good color" or "land of a golden color".

Sounds like a nice place!

(I googled for the Sanskrit meanings... my Sanskrit is horribly rusty)

I think the new airport code might be BKI for Bangkok International airport. I read that the BKK code will stay with Don Muang.

I read an article in the Bangkok Post not too long ago where some airport construction workers were complaining about the "reptile infected swamp" of the construction site. Apparently, the reptiles attract lots of birds and there are already some concerns about safety.

you are right. Suvarnabhumi means "land of gold". Gold, here doesn't mean real gold or gold color. But it implies more toward richness, prosperity, wealth, or fertility. The name Suvarnabhumi was given by King Bhumipol.

First, I also heard they will move BKK to the new airport. But recently, the new plan calls for those 'low cost carrier' to operate from Don Muang, thus they will need another code. The new airport is still a year away from opening (maybe later than that by Thai standard).

I liked what the area was called before the airport, COBRA SWAMP. They built the airport on a swamp! That should make travel during the rainy season interesting. :)

I can't imagine Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia's 2nd largest airport) giving up its code without a fight... and I can't imagine Don Muang keeping BKK after the only airlines using it are LCCs.