by Hiufu Wong
Koh Phangan, Thailand's gorgeous island famed for the full moon parties that take place on Haad Rin Beach, will soon get its own airport.
Why didn't they think of that earlier? There is little worse than enduring the rocky two-hour ferry ride away from Koh Phangan with a mega party hangover.
Kan Air, a Bangkok-based regional carrier, is spending 700 million baht (US$22 million) to build an airport on the birth place of Thailand's full moon parties next year, according to Bangkok Post.
Koh Phangan attracts up to 30,000 people during the peak season of December to March.
The carrier will introduce flights to Koh Phangan's neighboring islands, Koh Samui in the south and Koh Tao in the north, as well as three 80-minute flights daily to and from Bangkok’s Don Muang airport.
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