Mobissimo

The Old Don Muang Airport has closed its doors for now and the new Suvarnabhumi Airport has opened.  Bangkok is the hub for SE Asia and the new airport is supposed to handle 76 flights per hour and 45m passengers per year.  

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thousands of departing and arriving passengers christened Bangkok's new international airport as it officially opened Thursday with all commercial airlines transferring operations to the sleek new hub.

Flights stopped landing at the old, overcrowded Don Muang airport on Wednesday night. The full transfer of passenger flights from Don Muang to the airy, expansive Suvarnabhumi Airport was completed at 3 a.m. Thursday, more than four decades after the project was originally conceived in 1960.

Don Muang was a pit - dark, humid, all the water condensing on the windows because it was so air conditioned.  But, I always thought it was efficient.  The new Suvarnabhumi will draw in lots of natural light, it will be airy and spacious, much unlike the older airport.  The new airport is trying to keep its title as the hub of SE Asia, but the Kuala Lumpur is challenging this with a new airport as well that will be able to handle more capacity.