Vietnam’s Ministry of Defense has agreed to hand over 7.63
hectares of land to the Ministry of Transport to expand Tan Son Nhat
International Airport and fast track efforts to reduce traffic congestion.
According to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam
director, Lai Xuan Thanh, the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat Airport is
currently overloaded.
“To serve 25 million passengers a year the airport needs 65
to 70 aircraft parking spots, while at present there are only 42,” he said.
The military confirmed it will donate 7.63 hectares of land
to build 21 more parking spots to resolve the issue.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport was projected to
handle 13 million passengers a year by 2015, but it has already exceeded 20
million.
The country forecasts a substantial increase in tourism over
the next five years with the objective of turning its two main airports in
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City into the preferred gateways to the Mekong Region.
Tan Son Nhat International Airport is the largest
international airport in terms of area (800 ha or 1,977 acres compared with 650
ha or 1,606 acres of Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport.
It can handle 25 million passengers a year, compared to
Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport that has a capacity of 8 million passengers and Danang
6 million passengers.
It handled in 17,538,000 passengers in 2012, accounting for
46.6% of Vietnam’s air passenger traffic.
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