Text of report in English by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 22 May [Report by Supalak G Khundee: "UN accepts offer to use Don Mueang"] Relief supplies ready to leave The United Nations had accepted Thailand's offer to use Don Mueang airport as the staging centre for global relief to cyclone- hit Burma, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday.

By Boonsong Kositchotethana, Bangkok Post, Thailand Apr. 23--Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, the founder and chief executive of Bangkok Airways is offering to resuscitate 26 ailing state-run provincial airports in a move many experts see as a gamble.

By Boonsong Kositchotethana, Bangkok Post, Thailand Apr. 10--An estimated 1.53 million people are expected to be flying through Bangkok's two airports, Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang, during the Songkran holiday season, an increase of more than 16 percent year-on-year.

By Boonsong Kositchotethana, Bangkok Post, Thailand Feb. 20--Any renewed attempt to turn Don Mueang into another international airport for Bangkok would be counter-productive to Suvarnabhumi's bid to become a regional aviation hub, a veteran airline leader warned.

By Boonsong Kositchotethana, Bangkok Post, Thailand Nov. 30--Airlines are united in vigorously opposing a proposal to shift a significant amount of commercial air traffic back to Don Mueang airport.