Air passengers at record low in April
Hanoi (VNA)
- Vietnamese airports served 188,000 passengers in April, a decline of a record
98 percent year-on-year, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has reported.
The figure includes
21,000 international and 167,000 domestic passengers, down 99.4 percent and
97.3 percent, respectively, year-on-year.
Vietnamese air
carriers ferried 86,000 passengers in April, down 98.1 percent year-on-year. The
figure includes 2,400 international visitors and 83,600 domestic travellers, down
99.8 percent and 97.3 percent, respectively.
The significant decline
in passenger numbers in April was exclusively due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with
the social distancing order imposed in early April minimising flights.
The Ministry of
Transport has recently ordered that more flights be opened. From April 29 through 30,
the Hanoi - HCM City route will see 28 round trips a day.
Flights linking Hanoi
and HCM City with Da Nang will total eight round trips each a day, while
carriers will independently decide on flights between other localities.
From May 1 through 15, a total of 36 round trips a day will be operated on the
Hanoi - HCM City route and 12 round trips on the Hanoi/HCM City - Da Nang routes.
The figures will be 52 and 20 round trips, respectively, from May 16./.