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A Vietnam Airlines aircraft is seen at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. The airport will be expanded to serve more passengers in the future - Photo: Anh Quan
ACV is formulating a project to expand Tan Son Nhat, ACV general director Le Manh Hung told the Daily after it was reported in the local media that the Government had given the nod to the plan.
The Ministry of Transport and ACV would be tasked with expanding Tan Son Nhat. Nguyen Van Luu, chief of the ministry’s office, said the ministry has yet to receive any notice from the Government on approval of the project.
Given ACV’s calculations, Tan Son Nhat should be expanded to build more aircraft parking spots so that the airport would be able to accommodate 26 million passengers a year.
The domestic terminal would be expanded by 2,000 square meters plus an additional technical area of 500 square meters. Once completed, it would have a total area of over 39,000 square meters to serve 4,500 passengers at a time, raising the total capacity of the domestic terminal to 12 million guests a year.
The current international terminal has a capacity of 10 million passengers a year and is expected to run at full capacity this year. Therefore, ACV plans to widen the terminal to serve 13 million passengers a year.
In addition, the airport must have 60 to 65 aircraft parking spots, up from the current 40. With the remaining area of the airport and a part of military-held land included, 21 parking spots will be built.
However, Le Trong Sanh, former head of the Tan Son Nhat airport flight management department, had earlier said that if local authorities reclaim 157 hectares designated for a golf course in its buffer zone, the land will be able to provide at least 30 new parking lots.
The airport’s annual capacity reached 20 million passengers late last year, one year sooner than earlier estimated. Expansion of both local and international terminals would help serve six million more passengers.
At present, 44 carriers have flights to and from the airport.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
