Bangkok airport will dropcustomslndling for transit cargo next week in a bid to
challenge Singapore and Hong Kong as regional air transport
hI.&lt;@VAkyg[gyl said.
    The transit free zone will end the paperwork that slows
trans-shipment of freight through Thailand, Bangkok airport
customs director Somchainuk Engtrakul told journalists.
    The zone, to be opened on Thursday, will complement a major
expansion of Bangkok's Don Muang airport now underway and plans
by Thai International airlines to almost double its fleet for
passenger and cargo flights over the next 10 years.
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