Minister-head of Government Office Mai Tien Dung reports the Prime Minister’s requirements to Vietnam Airlines, Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation and Airports Corporation of Viet Nam. (Photo:gov.com.vn )Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urgedthe aviation industry to tighten security and safety as they are importantissues currently.
This requirement was one of six in a message from the PrimeMinister sent to the aviation industry at the meeting between the Governmentworking group led by Minister – Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dungand representatives of three aviation firms, including Vietnam Airlines,Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation and Airports Corporation of Vietnam(ACV), in Hanoi on August 16.
The meeting aimed to urge the industry to boost business andproduction, contributing to hitting the country’s GDP growth target this yearas well as discovering and solving difficulties. The businesses will then haveto report and explain the problems to the Government and the PM.
In the message, PM Phuc said the industry has grown but has toensure security and safety, seen as the most important issue.
“Whatever the circumstances, we will not let dangeroccur,” said Dung, who also mentioned problems related to airtraffic management recently at Cat Bi Airport in the northern city of Hai Phong.
The PM mentioned the importance of increasing the frequency oftake offs and landings and said that many international airports had afrequency of two minutes per flight, or even one minute per flight.
Dung also questioned the plan to double the annual capacityof Tan Son Nhat International Airport from its current capacity of 25million passengers when the airport has not been expanded and Long ThanhAirport, designed to be the country’s largest airport in the southern provinceof Dong Nai and about 40km far from HCM City, is yet to be constructed.
The third issue is ensuring the security of flight information.This is a key issue for ACV, which needs to have measures to stop cyber attacksthat delay flights.
Delayed and cancelled flights are another issue. In July, theon-time rate of Vietnam Airlines increased compared with previous years, butthe number of delayed and cancelled flights of budget airlines was still high,which was due to infrastructure, technology or facilities, Dung askedparticipants at the meeting.
The industry had witnessed fierce competition, good developmentand enhanced quality but the delay and cancel of flights is a big publicconcern. Agencies need to pay attention and co-ordinate with each other tosolve this problem.
The PM also mentioned aviation culture, efficiency andprofit, especially of Vietnam Airlines. The firm’s revenue rose nearly 10 percentin the first months of this year, but after-tax profits did not increase in tandem.
Another issue is airport security. Dung questioned why someairports control security well and stop drug transportation but others can’t. Hementioned the mobilisation of social funds in aviation infrastructure.
The Ministry of Transport and the ACV should study the issue anddevise measures.
The fifth issue is equitisation. The Prime Minister wanted the ACVto hasten its equitisation and divestment.
As for the sixth issue, he asked the industry totake every opportunity to maintain its annual growth rate of 17-20 percent inrecent times.
The Government working group also asked thethree businesses to report their difficulties in mechanisms and policies indetail. The group will collect and report the issues to the Government and the PM.-VNA
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