BANGKOK, January 26 - Despite Thursday's airport arrival delays, Airports of Thailand, which runs Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, asserted Friday there will be no further delays in incoming flights due to repairs on runways on Friday.

AoT board member Tortakul Yommanak in his capacity as chairman of an "independent" committee supervising runway and taxiway repairs, that the delay in the incoming flights on Thursday was caused by a traffic jam due to a closing of the west runway for repairs.

Because of this, some flights were forced to circle the airport in a holding pattern Thursday afternoon or land at the U-Tapao military airfield in Chon Buri for refueling and temporary parking.

Transport Minister Admiral Theera Haocharoen will Monday convene a crucial meeting to decide whether to transfer some flight services from Suvarnabhumi Airport back to Don Muang Airport amid a series of misfortunate events happening at the country's newest air traffic facilities.

"We have to admit that repair works on the Suvarnabhumi Airport's taxiways and runway will affect its services," Theera said Sunday.

He believed if the Don Muang Airport was recommissioned to accommodate some flight services, air traffic congestion at the Suvarnabhumi Airport would ease.

Last week, it was confirmed that the Suvarnabhumi Airport has cracks on its taxiways. On Thursday, the repair works also forced some flights to circle over the airport or land at UTapao military airfield in Chon Buri for refueling and temporary parking.

Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont reassured the public Friday that there is no need to close the recently opened Suvarnabhumi Airport even though scores of cracks have been found in the taxiways and one runway, saying that the government is giving priority to the safety of passengers and is addressing the problems.

Gen. Surayud said Airports of Thailand (AoT) board member Tortakul Yommanak, in his capacity as chairman of an AoT committee which has been given independent powers to supervise the runway and taxiway repairs, told the cabinet on Tuesday that it expected to take about two weeks to thoroughly examine the cracks.

Some 1,200 immigration officers at Bangkok's Suvanarbhumi International Airport will take a training course on personality development following complaints from foreign visitors to the Immigration Bureau that they were always frowning and unfriendly, according to a senior Immigration Bureau official.

National Airport Immigration Division Commissioner, Pol. Maj-Gen. Chakthip Chaijinda Monday signed a cooperation agreement with Suan Dusit Rajabhat University on a behavioural modification training course.

Under the terms of the agreement, Gen. Chakthip said, Suan Dusit Rajabhat University will prepare a personality development training course for immigration officers called the "Sawasdee Project."

The board of Airports of Thailand approved the use of Don Muang airport for domestic flights with no international connections and set March 15th as the possible date for the relaunch of services at the old airport.

In an attempt to save costs from expanding Suvarnabhumi airport and to fully use its existing infrastructure, the board led by chairman Gen Saprang Kalayanamitr decided to move to Don Muang domestic flights with no connections to international routes operated by Thai Airways International (THAI) and no-frills carriers. Domestic flights with passengers connecting with international routes will remain at Suvarnabhumi.