Restrictions on international flights to be removed from February 15
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked the Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) to issue a Notice To Airmen (NOTAM) on the lifting of all restrictions on international flights from February 15, returning to the normal situation as before the outbreak of COVID-19.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Civil Aviation Authorityof Vietnam (CAAV) has asked the Vietnam Air Traffic ManagementCorporation (VATM) to issue a Notice To Airmen (NOTAM) on the lifting of all restrictionson international flights from February 15, returning to the normal situation asbefore the outbreak of COVID-19.
According to the CAAV, limits on the number of inbound andoutbound international flights in Vietnam will be removed. Meanwhile, regulationson entry and pandemic prevention and control for passengers entering Vietnamwill continue to be implemented in line with guidelines of the Ministry ofPublic Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Health, theauthority said.
Except China, all the countries receiving Vietnam’sproposal have agreed to restore the aviation links with Vietnam, it said.
Currently, air routes linking Vietnam and European countries,Australia and the US have been resumed. However, Japan and the Republic ofKorea have still applied restrictions on passengers from Vietnam as part of their efforts to prevent COVID-19 spreading.
Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan has directed theCAAV to discuss with foreign aviation authorities on the resumption of regularflights with markets that had direct air routes to Vietnam before the pandemic,except those that have been re-opened to Vietnam since January.
The frequency of flights on the routes will be graduallyincreased in a roadmap to ensure the principle of safely, flexibly adapting toand effectively controlling COVID-19, creating favourable conditions fortravelling activities with strict implementation of guidelines on medicalsupervision on passengers entering Vietnam.
Tuan also asked the CAAV to report to the Transport Ministryon the results of the re-operation of international flights in February so thatthe ministry can submit a report to the Prime Minister./.
Many Vietnamese people and businesses in the US have shown their support for the homeland’s restoration of international commercial flights, describing the move as a good start for the New Year.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has agreed to increase the frequency of commercial international flights, as well as removing the need for passengers to take rapid COVID-19 tests before and after their flight, as per new Government regulations.
The Vietnamese aviation industry is currently ready in all aspects to operate the entire international flight network like before the COVID-19 outbreak, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has told Deputy Transport Minister Le Anh Tuan.
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