By Xinhua,
Tokyo : Flights bound for Bangkok from Japan were mostly canceled or returned to Japan on Wednesday as protestors forced the Thai capital’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport to shut down.
Thai Airways International canceled a total of six flights to Bangkok from Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka, while Japan Airlines also canceled all its five flights from Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.
All Nippon Airways flew one of its two flights to Bangkok from Tokyo’s Narita airport in the morning but has decided to return it to Narita. It has canceled its other Bangkok-bound flight that had been scheduled to depart in the evening, according to local media reports.
Suvarnabhumi International Airport was paralyzed after protesters led by the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) expanded their besiege on state agencies to the airport Tuesday evening in a showdown to topple the government led by premier Somchai Wongsawat.