Passenger volume through Vietnamese airports reached more than 81 million passengers in the ten months of 2022, with 100 million forecast for the whole year. In 2019, the number was 120 million.
The number of air passengers reached nearly 12 million, an increase of more than 40 per cent in July compared to pre-COVID, said the Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam (CAAV).
About 11 million domestic visitors visited HCM City in the first half of 2022, up 43.1 per cent over the same period last year, according to HCM City Department of Tourism.
The number of passengers travelling by air during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays is forecast to rise 11 per cent compared with the same period last year, said Director of Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang.
A representative of the Airports Corporation of Viet Nam (ACV) has predicted the number of passengers passing through ACV’s airports will exceed 112 million this year, up by 8 million from last year.
Budget carrier Jetstar Pacific, an affiliate of Vietnam Airlines Corporation, announced its estimated total revenue was VND9.1 trillion (US$390 million) this year, 21 per cent higher than the target set early this year.
Vietnamese airports are estimated to have served 106 million passengers and handled nearly 1.5 million tonnes of cargo during 2018, up 12.9 per cent and 7.7 per cent year-on-year respectively, reported the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
The Ministry of Transport was assigned to draw up an expansion plan in order to raise the annual capacity of Noi Bai International Airport to between 80 and 100 million passengers by 2050.
About 36,600 flights took off from and arrived in Viet Nam in October, marking an increase of 12.6 per cent compared with the same period last year, reported the Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV).
Viet Nam were expected to receive around 105 million passengers passing through airports in the country in 2018, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam’s estimate.
Fresh longan from Hung Yen Province will be served to business-class passengers on Vietnam Airlines’ domestic and international flights departing from Ha Noi and HCM City to destinations in Asia, Australia and Europe.
Central Thua Thien-Hue Province plans to expand the Phu Bai International Airport to accommodate 3 to 3.5 million passengers by 2020 and up to 7 million per year by 2025.
Emirates has announced special offers for business class passengers travelling from HCM City, Viet Nam, to European destinations across its network on the occasion of Christmas.