Flights return to Thai airport
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Aralık 03, 2008 20:00
BANGKOK - The first international flight in a week left Bangkok's main airport yesterday after protesters ended a crippling siege, bringing relief to tourists even as Thailand's political turmoil rumbled on.
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The end of the blockade came a day after the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy claimed victory against Premier Somchai Wongsawat, when a court barred him from politics and disbanded the ruling party. Officials said 388 passengers were on the Thai Airways flight to Sydney that departed from Suvarnabhumi Airport, most of them Australian tourists who were among the 350,000 travelers stranded in Thailand for the past eight days.
Hundreds of yellow-clad demonstrators had earlier streamed out of Suvarnabhumi and the Don Mueang domestic airport in cars, taxis and buses after the royalist PAD handed over control to authorities.