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No new airlines will be allowed to open in Vietnam until 2022 at the earliest, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has announced.

Increasing numbers of airlines and aircraft are putting serious pressure on Vietnam’s aviation infrastructure. As competition for market share and skilled labour intensifies, the Government must take measures to ensure a fair playground and long-term development, said industry experts and authorities.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has granted an Aircraft Operator Certificate (AOC) to Vietstar Airlines, allowing the carrier to begin commercial flights in the country.

Vietnam needs more airlines, besides the four current ones, to meet the increasing demand in the aviation market.

Vietstar Airlines has adjusted its plan and continued to ask the Government to grant an air transport business licence so that it can take off sooner.

The granting of an aviation transportation business licence to newly-established Vietstar Airlines will be considered after Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City is expanded, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in an instruction given to the Ministry of Transport.

TMoT held a press briefing on April 6 to clear up some questions around the granting of an aviation transport business licence for Vietstar Airlines Multirole Corporation (Vietstar Airlines).

The Ministry of Transport has asked the government to grant an air transport business licence for Vietstar Airlines Multirole Corporation (Vietstar Airlines) to operate as a passenger carrier.