Izinkulungwane zabahambi abavaleleke eBangkok badonsa kanzima ukuphuma ezweni. Kodwa okuhlale kuxakile ukungasebenzi kahle kweziphathimandla zezindiza zaseThailand.
Okokuqala, kuseyimpicabadala ukuqonda ukuthi i-People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) yakwazi kanjani ukuthatha zombili izikhumulo zezindiza zaseBangkok futhi yaphumelela ukuvala indiza ephinifa. Njengokungathi ezokuphepha ezindaweni ezibekelwe imingcele kuzo zombili izikhumulo zezindiza aziqinisekisiwe ngokugcwele.
Ukuvinjwa kwangaphambilini ngo-Agasti 2008 esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Phuket, e-Krabi nase-Hat Yai lapho ababhikishi bashaqa khona nezikhumulo zezindiza ngokusobala akuzange kube yisifundo ku-Airports Authority of Thailand kanye nehhovisi le-Civil Aviation yase-Thailand.
Okwesibili, kuthathe ezinye izinsuku ezintathu kwabaphathi bezindiza kanye nomnyango wezokuthutha waseThailand ukuthola isisombululo ngokuvula ezinye izikhumulo zezindiza ezinhlanganweni zezindiza ezihleliwe. Izindiza zokuqala ziqale ngoLwesihlanu esikhumulweni sezindiza samasosha e-U-Tapao, ibanga elingamakhilomitha angama-200 ukusuka eBangkok, eduze kwasePattaya. Ezinye izindiza ezisuka e-Cathay Pacific, e-AirAsia, eLufthansa seziqinisekisiwe ukuthi zizophuma ebhilidini elincane lase-U Tapao elinamahhotela e-Bangkok amise izindawo zokungena ukuze kugwenywe ukuminyana esikhumulweni sezindiza. I-U-Tapao yayivame ukuba yisisekelo sezempi sase-US phakathi nempi yaseVietnam. Umzila wayo wezindiza oyi-3,500 m ungamukela noma iyiphi indiza futhi iphinifa layo lingamukela izindiza ezinkulu ezingafika kwezingama-24.
Kepha i-U Tapao akuyona yodwa ekude neBangkok. Kuze kube manje, ezinye izikhumulo zezindiza e-Nakhon Ratchasima (180 km empumalanga ye-Bangkok- runway of 2,100 m kanye nezitendi zezindiza ezine ze-Boeing 737), Khon Kaen (400 km ukusuka Bangkok, runway of 3,050 m; 3 izindiza imele ATR kanye Boeing 737) noma I-Surat Thani (550 km eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Bangkok; umzila wezindiza ongu-3,000 m nokupaka izindiza eziyisi-7 ezihlanganisa i-Airbus A300). Lezi zikhumulo zezindiza zingathatha izindiza zesifunda zisuka eSingapore, Kuala Lumpur, Vietnam noma eHong Kong. Kuze kube manje, ayikho inkampani yezindiza ehlole leli thuba.
Kusukela ngeSonto, izindiza ezengeziwe ziqale ukuhlelwa ukusuka nokuya e-U-Tapao okuhlanganisa izindiza ezingu-31 ezisuka e-Thai Airways, AirAsia, Austrian Airlines, Cathay Pacific noma Singapore Airlines zihlele ezinye izindiza eziya e-U-Tapao. Ezinye izinkampani zenethiwekhi ezifana ne-Air France/KLM noma i-Lufthansa zincamela ukuhlala manje e-Phuket kanye ne-Philippine Airlines ibuyisela ekhaya abantu basePhilippines bephuma e-Chiang Mai. Uhulumeni useqalile ukuthutha abagibeli abavaleleke. Isibonelelo sansuku zonke se-Bht 2,000 sinikezwa izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ngendawo yazo yokuhlala nokudla kanye nokudluliselwa okuhlelelwe ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezingahlali muntu.
Abahambi abangaba ngu-300,000 bangaphandle manje sebengavinjwa ezinye izinsuku eziyi-10, kuze kube yilapho isimo sibuyela kwesijwayelekile. Iningi lezazi zezokuvakasha ezingenathemba lilinganisela ukuthi ezokuvakasha zizokwehla kulo nyaka zisuka ezigidini eziyi-14.5 ziye ezigidini eziyi-13 futhi zingacwila zibe izigidi eziyisithupha noma eziyisikhombisa zabavakashi bangaphandle ngonyaka ozayo.
Usuku lokuzalwa lwenkosi uBhumibol Adulyadej ngoDisemba 5 kungaba yithuba lokuthola inkinga enkingeni enzima kakhulu yombuso emashumini eminyaka.
