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Con Dao airport to be upgraded to serve larger aircraft

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Transport on investing in a project to upgrade Con Dao airport in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau, enabling it to receive larger aircraft.
Con Dao airport to be upgraded to serve larger aircraft ảnh 1Planes at Con Dao airport. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) hassubmitted a proposal to the Ministry of Transport on investing in a project to upgrade ConDao airport in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau, enabling it to receivelarger aircraft.

According to the CAAV's proposal, in 2021, investmentwill be poured into upgrading the runway system to ensure the effective exploitationof code-C aircraft such as: A321ceo, A321neo, A320neo, A319 or equivalentaircraft in order to meet the increasing travel demand at the airport.

Accordingly, the project will upgrade and expand the airport's existing runway, build three connecting taxiways and one parallel taxiway,install the precise landing gear system of the runway and the approach lightingsystem in line with the approved planning.

Work of the project is expected to start in 2021 andbe completed in 2023, with a total capital of nearly 2.4 trillion VND (105.5million USD) sourced from the State budget.

Despite impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Con Dao airport served447,750 passengers in 2020, up 4.1 percent from 2019.

In the adjusted airport planning by 2030 recently approvedby Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The, the Con Dao airport will have a capacityof serving 2 million passengers and 4,400 tonnes of cargo per year./.
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