Hanoi (VNA) – The Airports Corporation ofVietnam (ACV) will design a plan to invest in upgrading and developing Ca MauAirport after the 2021-2025 period, according to a report that the firm has justsubmitted to the Ministry of Transport.
Do Tat Binh, Deputy General Director of the ACV said thatthe plan will be based on criteria of the master plan for aviation sector’sdevelopment towards 2025 with vision to 2030, the detailed planning of Ca MauAirport and the plan for re-constructing operating airports for 2018-2025.
The scheme is also based on the real situation ofinfrastructure system and operations of the airport in the 2012-2019 period andthe demand of the market in the 2020-2025 period, he said.
According to the Ministry of Transport, the Ca Mau Airporthas a capacity of serving 200,000 passengers a year.
In the 2012-2019 period, before the COVID-19 pandemic brokeout, the airport operated stably with 14 flights per week and about30,000-38.000 passengers per year.
In 2020, due to impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, the airporthas only received six flights per week. In the 2021-2025 period, the airport’sthroughput is forecast to expand about 4 percent per year to serve about 40,000passengers in 2025./.
