SINGAPORE Airlines Cargo has resumed freighter flights to the Bangkok airport, eight days after Thai anti-government protesters shut down Suvarnabhumi.
SIA Cargo said in a statement on Wednesday that 'owing to the build-up of cargo' extra flights will be operated from now till Monday.
There are three flights on Wednesday, two each on Thursday and Friday and one flight daily from Saturday to next Monday.
The airline said it will 'continue to monitor demand and assess the need to mount more additional flights' going forward.
The first flight arrived at Bangkok's main airport Wednesday after anti-government protesters packed up and left, ending a week-long siege that crippled Thailand and stranded thousands of tourists.
The exodus came a day after the Peoples Alliance for Democracy claimed victory in its six-month campaign against Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, when a court barred him from politics and disbanded the ruling party.
Hundreds of yellow-clad demonstrators streamed out of the Suvarnabhumi international and Don Mueang domestic airports in cars, taxis and buses after the royalist PAD handed over control after ending its blockade.
A Thai Airways flight from the resort isle of Phuket became the first plane to land at Suvarnabhumi for a week, with international services to Sydney, New Delhi, Narita, Frankfurt, Seoul and Copenhagen due later in the day.
'We will try and get everything back to normal as soon as possible,' Airports of Thailand chief Vudhibhandhu Vichairatana told reporters at the airport.
More than 350,000 travellers were trapped in Thailand by the chaos, with governments around the world operating emergency flights to evacuate desperate tourists.
