At an airport (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Domestic airlines haveannounced that there will be an additional 3,650 flights to 19 internal airportsto meet the increasing travel demand during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival2019, lifting the total number flights for the holiday period to 28,500, up 8.7 percent year-on-year.
According to Director of the CivilAviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang, the number of passengerstravelling by air during Tet is forecast to rise 11 percent compared to thesame period last year.
The schedule stipulatesthat airlines will increase 600 flights on the Ho Chi Minh City-Hanoi route, 520on the HCM City-Da Nang route, 420 from HCM City to Vinh, 400 on the HCMCity-Thanh Hoa path, and 379 between HCM City and Hue.
They have also registeredto increase 28 flights on the Hanoi-Phu Quoc route and 23 others between Hanoiand Cam Ranh.
According to Tran Bao Ngoc, Director of the Ministryof Transport’s Department of Transportation, nearly 1.8 million seats are stillavailable, but flights from HCM City to other localities have been full on daysclose to the Tet festival.
Thang said the CAAV has asked airlines to strictlycomply with regulations on the management of domestic air transport. –VNA
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