Representatives of the Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee and theVietnam Airlines Corporation had a working session on the investmentsand construction of a new terminal for Cam Ranh International Airport inNha Trang city, on March 19.
The airdrome is one of the country’s four airports seeing a rapid growth in terms of the number of passengers.
In2014, the airport welcomed over 2 million visitors, exceeding itsdesigned capacity of 1.5 million passengers, and the flow is expected togrow to 4 million passengers in 2020.
The airport is overloadedand is currently unable to meet demand, Director of Cam RanhInternational Airport Phan Le Hoan, said, stressing the need to buildTerminal 2.
According to a preliminary draft project, the newterminal has a total investment of over 1 trillion VND (46.5 millionUSD) covering 15,000 square metres of land and will be used to serveinternational flights. The existing terminal will serve domesticflights.
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee NguyenChien Thang said the project is in line with the province’s developmentstrategy in an attempt to bring Khanh Hoa to become a socio-economic hubin the southern central region.
Earlier, the provinceimplemented a project to build the runway No.2 for the airport. Theproject, which has a total investment of nearly 1 trillion VND sourcedfrom the State’s budget, is expected to put into operation in early2018.-VNA
The airdrome is one of the country’s four airports seeing a rapid growth in terms of the number of passengers.
In2014, the airport welcomed over 2 million visitors, exceeding itsdesigned capacity of 1.5 million passengers, and the flow is expected togrow to 4 million passengers in 2020.
The airport is overloadedand is currently unable to meet demand, Director of Cam RanhInternational Airport Phan Le Hoan, said, stressing the need to buildTerminal 2.
According to a preliminary draft project, the newterminal has a total investment of over 1 trillion VND (46.5 millionUSD) covering 15,000 square metres of land and will be used to serveinternational flights. The existing terminal will serve domesticflights.
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee NguyenChien Thang said the project is in line with the province’s developmentstrategy in an attempt to bring Khanh Hoa to become a socio-economic hubin the southern central region.
Earlier, the provinceimplemented a project to build the runway No.2 for the airport. Theproject, which has a total investment of nearly 1 trillion VND sourcedfrom the State’s budget, is expected to put into operation in early2018.-VNA
