Bangkok  - Bangkok's police chief held an emergency meeting Friday at the Defence Ministry after being given the job of clearing Don Mueang Airport of anti-government protestors who have cut off the Thai capital's air traffic for three days.

Major General Suchart Muengeow was seen entering the ministry at 10:30 am. He was reportedly conferring with Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, who is also defence minister, by video conference.

Hamburg - German package-holiday companies cancelled holiday departures Thursday for 1,200 Germans because Bangkok's international airport remains occupied by demonstrators.

The holiday companies, which had also cancelled outbound trips on Wednesday, were conferring with airlines on how to bring holidaying Germans home on schedule, with both of Bangkok's civilian airports closed.

Lufthansa, Thai Airways International and Air Berlin's LTU unit cancelled all Bangkok-bound Thursday departures.

Bangkok, Nov. 27 : Thailand''s government said on Thursday that it is considering imposing emergency rule to restore order after opposition demonstrations became more violent and protesters shut down a second Bangkok airport.

Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has called an emergency meeting of the Cabinet to discuss whether or not to impose the state of emergency.

Such a decree would give the prime minister authority to use the military to restore order and to suspend certain civil liberties.

Phnom Penh  - The seizure of Thailand's main international airport by protesters Wednesday left thousands of travelers stranded in Cambodia and will hurt the country's already beleaguered tourism sector, officials and tourism industry leaders said Thursday.

Director of Civil Aviation Chea Aun said up to seven Thai Airways, Bangkok Airways and AirAsia flights from Phnom Penh to Bangkok were cancelled Wednesday, leaving more than 1,000 business people and tourists stranded in the capital.

Bangkok - The Airports of Thailand (AOT) on Thursday closed down Bangkok's old intyernational airport, Don Mueang, cutting the capital off from air traffic after protestors closed the new airport Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Wednesday.

Bangkok, Nov. 26 : About 30 People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) guards wearing masks on Wednesday took control of Suvarnabhumi Airport’s air traffic control tower to check the daily flight schedule.

PAD security head Samdin Lertbutr together with a group of guards entered the air traffic control tower and negotiated with the airport officials.

According to the Bangkok Post, the The group said they wanted to make sure that no flights will leave or enter Suvarnabhumi while checking whether Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat’s flight would arrive at the airport.