Passengers via Tan Son Nhat airport to rise 25 percent during TetAn estimated 4.1 million passengers are forecast to go through Tan Son Nhat international airport in Ho Chi Minh City during the 2018 Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, up 25 percent from the 2017 Tet. Passengers wait to check in at Tan Son Nhat airport’s domestic terminal just before Tet last year. There will be nearly 26,300 take-offs and landings, up by 20 percent from the 2017 Tet occasion, according to the Southern Air Authority. Carriers had plans to increase their flights by 10-15 percent from the 2017 Tet to meet the travel demands during the country’s biggest festival. Flight routes with additional flights and seats include Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport to Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport (790 flights/158,000 seats), Tan Son Nhat Airport to Thua Thien - Hue province’s Phu Bai Airport (335 flights/67,000 seats), Tan Son Nhat Airport to Khanh Hoa province’s Cam Ranh Airport (324 flights/66,000 seats) and Tan Son Nhat Airport to Da Nang Airport (262 flights/51,000 seats), as well as Tan Son Nhat Airport to Nghe An province’s Vinh Airport (185 flights/36,000 seats) and Tan Son Nhat Airport to Thanh Hoa province’s Tho Xuan Airport (182 flights/37,000 seats).

Source: VietNamNet News February 05, 2018 03:22 UTC