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BANGKOK: -- Bangkok Airways Friday suspended all flights between Bangkok and Samui due to heavy downpours, which caused flooding across the popular tourist destination.<br>
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"The heavy downpours are continuing and we can't say at this point when the flights can resume," Koh Samui Airport director Sirichai Charoenrat said.<br>
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Bangkok Airways, which built the only airport on Samui, is the only operator to operate flights between Bangkok and Samui. Generally, there were 20 daily flights from Bangkok to Samui.<br>
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However, Sirichai Friday said the suspension of flights would not affect many tourists because it was now during the low season.<br>
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"Aside, we will immediately resume the flights as soon as we are sure that the visibility improves to a level that passenger safety is guaranteed," he said.<br>
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Koh Samui district chief Thirayuth Iamtrakoon said the main road around Samui, a popular island in the country's South, was flooded.<br>
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"The floodwater is between 20 and 50 centimetre high," he said.<br>
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He said some 200 rescue workers now spanned across the island to help tourists affected by the inundation.<br>
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--The Nation 2005-11-25 <br>
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