At Noi Bai international airport (Photo: VNA) In particular, the sharp increase in domestic passenger transport has partlyoffset the slow recovery of international arrivals.
Specifically, the airlines’ domestic passenger transport reached 43.2 million thisyear, an increase of 3.5 times compared to the previous year and an increase ofmore than 15% compared to 2019.
However, international transport reached 11 million visitors, growing 22 timesover the previous year, but equivalent to only 27% of the 2019 figure.
The total volume of goods transported by air is estimated at more than 1.25million tonnes, equivalent to the transport volume of 2019.
Of which, the volume of domestic freight is still 40% lower than in 2019,however, international freight transport rose by more than 10%.
The Civil AviationAuthority of Vietnam (CAAV) assessed that the strong growth of the domestic aviationmarket showed the effectiveness of COVID-19 pandemic prevention and controlmeasures and the country’s proper market opening and restoration.
In addition, theauthority actively discussed with the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) and aviation authorities of partner countries during the year to resumeregular international flights after the pandemic is under control./.
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