Hanoi (VNA) – Terminal T1 of Phu Bai InternationalAirport in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue will be upgraded to serve 5million passengers per year, which is to prepare for the forecast surge ofpassengers that this port of entry will handle in the next several years.
At a working session with provincial leaders inHanoi on March 21, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The agreed with theprovince on its proposal on upgrading the airport.
The said his ministry approved the business planfor 2018 of the Airports Corporation of Vietnam. This plan includes a projecton building Terminal T1 with an annual capacity of 5 million passengers, alongwith the apron and synchronous infrastructure of Phu Bai.
Chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue People’sCommittee Nguyen Van Cao said the province wants to soon upgrade and expand PhuBai International Airport, particularly the international terminal, taxiway andapron.
Phu Bai International Airport is designed toserve 1.5 million passengers a year, but the number of passengers at thisairport was already 1.75 million in 2017. The annual passenger growth rateaveraged 15 percent between 2014 and 2017.
With the predicted growth of 13 – 17 percenteach year from 2016 to 2020, the number of passengers will reach 3 – 3.5million by 2020 and 6.5 – 7 million by 2025 every year, the official added.-VNA
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