Transport minister wants to fix airport overloading
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has sent an urgent dispatch to order agencies to fix shortcomings in taking-off and landing slots for aeroplanes at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat International Airports.
Aeroplanes at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has sent an urgent dispatchto order agencies to fix shortcomings in taking-off and landing slots foraeroplanes at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat International Airports.
Planes currently have to queue for up to an hour to take off and flyaround for dozens of minutes to wait to land as the two major airports havetemporarily closed one runway each for repairs since June 29, he said.
The asked the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam to evenly divide slots fortaking off and landing at every time of day to fix the situation.
He also told relevant agencies to increase the number of flights at nearbyairports such as Cat Bi and Thanh Hoa or Can Tho and Cam Ranh to reduceoverloading on Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat.
The civil aviation authority was asked to strictly deal with airlines thatfailed to take off and land at their appointed times, he added.
The agency was told to work with relevant parties to notify passengers abouttheir flight, check-in time and encourage passengers to book flights from andto nearby airports instead of Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports to reduceoverloading and congestion, he said.
The slots for taking off and landing will be revoked if any airline is found tochange the registered taking off and landing time, he said.
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Aeroplanes at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 
