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Airlines serve over 1.5 mln passengers during Lunar New Year 2024

Airlines in the country served more than 1.5 million passengers, including 748,600 international and 762,400 domestic, during the recent Lunar New Year 2024 from February 8-14, the Vietnam Aviation Administration (VAA) has reported.
Airlines serve over 1.5 mln passengers during Lunar New Year 2024 ảnh 1Airlines serve over 1.5 million passengers during Lunar New Year 2024 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Airlines in the country served more than1.5 million passengers, including 748,600 international and 762,400 domestic, during the recent Lunar New Year 2024 from February 8-14, theVietnam Aviation Administration (VAA) has reported.

Air passengers and cargo duringthe period expanded by 11% year on year, it said, adding that although the domestic market saw a downward trend of13.2%, the international market flourished at 54%.

Cargo transportation also showed a similar trend, with the growth of the total marketaccounting for 7.3%. The domestic market decreased by 11% but, on the contrary, theinternational market increased by 10.5%.

During the reviewed period, the number of takeoffs andlandings at airports across the country reached 14,500, a contract of 0.7% yearon year.

The total transportvolume of Vietnam’s airlines landed up at more than 1.1 million passengers, afall of 2.7%, and more than 2,800 tonnes of cargo, an increase of 16.7% over thesame period in 2023./.

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