Chairman of the Airports Corporation of Viet Nam (ACV) Lai Xuan Thanh told Giao thong ( Transport) newspaper about measures to speed up the Long Thanh International Airport project, with the first phase now expected to finish three months early.
The head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV), Lai Xuan Thanh, denied on Thursday that his agency had rejected an operating application from Viet Bamboo Airways Company.
The Airports Corporation of Vi?t Nam will pour over VNÐ 26.2 trillion
(US$1.17 billion) for the upgradation of airports to meet travel demands
and socio-economic development by 2018.
Officials from the HCM City''s Tan Son Nhat International Airport, rated
among the world''s worst by a travel website, discussed measures to
improve services with international airlines and service providers at a
meeting on Tuesday.
The domestic aviation industry needs significant capital to invest in
infrastructure during 2015-20 to improve airline services, head of the
Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Lai Xuan Thanh said.
China''s illegal placement of a drilling rig in Viet Nam''s exclusive
economic zone in the East Sea is an "extremely serious action and will
definitely impact the aviation market between Viet Nam and China," a
senior airline official has warned.