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Passengers advised to do check in two hours before domestic flights

National carrier Vietnam Airlines has asked all its passengers to do check-in procedures two hours before the departure time of their domestic flights at the Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport.
Passengers advised to do check in two hours before domestic flights ảnh 1Airplanes at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - National carrier Vietnam Airlines has asked all itspassengers to do check-in procedures two hours before the departure time oftheir domestic flights at the Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport.

Theairline sent out instructions after upgrade work began at the airport’sTerminal 1 (which serves domestic flights) on July 11. The carrier is concernedthat the ongoing work might delay passengers.

Additionally,data of the carrier shows that in the first 10 days of this month, around 6,000passengers presented themselves at boarding gates later than permitted for awide range of reasons. The rise in the number of people travelling this summerwas said to be one of the reasons, the carrier said.

Theairline is also encouraging people to do online check-in so as to avoid longqueues and waits, especially when the airport is overcrowded because of hightravel.

Theairport upgrade work is scheduled to go on for eight months, until March 2018.

Terminal1 became operational in 2001, and its passenger traffic capacity is six millionper year. Once the terminal gets upgraded, it will be able to serve 15 millionpassengers per year.-VNA
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