Passenger traffic at airports to surpass 100 million mark
Up to 105 million passengers are expected to pass through Vietnamese airports by the end of this year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Vietjet Air has made significant contributions to the growth of aviation sector. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Up to 105 million passengers are expected to passthrough Vietnamese airports by the end of this year, according to the CivilAviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Meanwhile, the Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) is expected tohandle more than 900,000 flights this year, it said.
In August alone, the VATM handled some 80,000 take-offs and landings, ayear-on-year increase of 10 percent.
Last year, civil airports across the nation hosted more than 94 millionpassengers on 611,165 flights, 16 percent higher in number of passengers and 10percent higher in number of flights than in 2016.
Theaviation sector transported some 6.55 million people during the month, up 8.8percent from the same time last year, including 4.78 million passengers carriedby Vietnamese airlines, rising 9.9 percent and accounting for 74 percent of theaviation market share.
Earlier, the CAAV announced that some 35.4 million air passengers weretransported in the first six months of this year, a year-on-year surge of 16.8percent. This year will be the first time the volume of passengers served bythe aviation sector will surpass the 70 million mark.
71 foreign airlines from 28 countries and territories across the fivecontinents are operating regular international flights to Vietnam. They,together with three Vietnamese airlines - Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air andJetstar Pacific Airlines, are operating 140 regular international routes andcharter flights from/to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Phu Quoc,Hai Phong, Da Lat, Can Tho and Dong Hoi.
In the domestic market, Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific andVasco are running 47 routes connecting Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City with18 local airports.
The Vietnamese and foreign airlines also operate charter flights to and fromCan Tho, Da Lat, Phu Quoc, Nha Trang and Dong Hoi depending on travel season.-VNA
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Vietjet Air has made significant contributions to the growth of aviation sector. (Photo: VNA) 
