Tan Son Nhat Airport prepares for summer peak season
HCM City (VNA) – Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City is
expected to serve 150,555 flights and up to 23.9 million passengers in
the summer’s peak season from June 1 to August 15.
The figure
represents an increase of 6.64% in the number of flights and 7.6% in the
number of passengers compared with the same period last year.
A representative of Tan Son Nhat International Airport said the airport has prepared plans to meet the high demand.
Accordingly,
all units have been asked to pay attention to monitoring the flight
schedule, frequency and density of flight operations in each time frame
and arrange personnel to ensure airport services.
They have been
required to devise a plan to prevent flooding as well as how to handle
it in case bad weather affects flights, the representative said.
The airport also arranges youth union members to support passengers at
the screening area and passenger hall of the domestic terminal during
peak hours.
The number of passengers going through Tan Son Nhat International
Airport has surged in recent years to nearly double its designed
capacity.
The airport currently has two terminals, with T1
serving domestic flights and T2 handling international flights. T1 can
serve up to 15 million passengers a year and T2, 10 million.
The
airport was designed to handle 25 million passengers a year by 2020, but
it has been receiving almost 40 million a year since 2017./.