BANGKOK, Dec 3, 2008 (AFP) - Flights from Bangkok's main airport are set to resume after protesters ended a blockade, with some domestic services on Wednesday and international services restarting on Thursday, officials said.

"We hope to resume flights on December 4, hopefully. From tomorrow night, the first departure flight will be Bangkok-Rome, a Thai Airways flight," said Vudhibhandhu Vichairatana, chairman of the board of Airports of Thailand.

"We will try and get everything back to normal as soon as possible," he told reporters at Suvarnabhumi international airport.

Vudhibhandhu said one domestic flight was due to arrive at Suvarnabhumi later Wednesday, a flight operated by flag carrier Thai Airways from the southern tourist town of Phuket.

It was originally scheduled to land at the U-Tapao naval base southeast of Bangkok, which has been standing in as the main exit point for travellers, but will now touch down at 2:00pm (0700 GMT) at Suvarnabhumi, he said.

Regional carrier Bangkok Airways said one of its domestic flights from Samui was due to land at the airport Wednesday and that it would operate a return service later in the day.

It asked passengers to check in at its head office in Bangkok.

Vudhibhandhu said damage from the occupation of the airport by the People's Alliance for Democracy since November 25 had not yet been estimated.

Hundreds of PAD supporters started leaving the airport in cars, taxis and buses after the 10:00am time set by PAD leaders for the end of their protests at Suvarnabhumi and other sites.