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Night flights to double for Tet

Night flights will be doubled to meet increasing travel demand before, during, and after Lunar New Year Festival – the biggest one in Vietnam and other Asian countries, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Night flights to double for Tet ảnh 1Normally, each day, airlines in Vietnam operate an average of 106 night flights that are available between 10 pm and 4 am of the following day. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Night flights will be doubled to meet increasing travel demand before, during, and after Lunar New YearFestival – the biggest in Vietnam and other Asian countries, according tothe Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

Normally, each day, airlines in Vietnam operate an average of 106 night flights that are available between 10 pm and 4 am of the following day, but the number will increase to 204 during the peak time of the 2023 Tet celebration, it said.

Noi Bai International Airport will see additional 90 night flights, Vinh Airport 35, Tho Xuan Airport 34, Chu Lai Airport5, Dong Hoi Airport 9, Cat Bi Airport 22, Lien Khuong Airport 6, Phu CatAirport 6, Pleiku Airport 2, Da Nang Airport 34, Phu Bai Airport 29, and BuonMa Thuot Airport 3.

According to CAAV, to meet the rising demand and on the basis of the infrastructure capacity of the Tan Son NhatInternational Airport, it requested Vietnamese airlines to allocateresources for extra night flights to ease congestion at airports duringdaytime hours, especially strengthening the exploitation of night flightsdeparting from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to others.

By now, the airlines have planned to operate night flights to 12local airports during the period from January 6, 2023, to February 5, 2023 (the15th day of the last lunar month and the 15th day of the first lunar month of2023)./.

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