A man raises his arms after exiting a Thai Airways flight, the first to land at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport December 3, 2008, after a week-long anti-government protest paralyzed air travel. Anti-government protesters lifted their crippling, eight-day blockade of Thailand's main airport on Wednesday, raising the hopes of 230,000 stranded tourists even though there is no end in sight to the wider political crisis. The passengers were arriving from Phuket. [Agencies]