Three airports in central region to suspend operation due to storm Noul

Hanoi (VNA) – The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has
issued an urgent document requesting three airports in the central region to
suspend operation on September 18, the day storm Noul is slated to land in the
region.
Specifically,
Chu Lai airport (Quang Nam province) is required to close from 04:00 to 8:00,
Da Nang airport (Da Nang city) from 05:00 to 20:00 and Phu Bai airport (Hue
city in Thua Thien-Hue province) from 06:00 to 21:00 (all local time) during
the day.
Other
airports in the region, namely Dong Hoi, Vinh, Pleiku, Phu Cat and Tuy Hoa,
along with airlines, airports authorities and the Vietnam Air Traffic
Management Corporation, are instructed to closely follow the weather situation
and make prompt reports to the CAAV’s command for natural disaster control and
search and rescue.
Airlines
have also announced they will cancel and postpone flights on routes to/from the
three airports.
Vietnam
Airlines said it will operate 22 additional flights on the affected routes on
September 19 to compensate for the cancelled ones. Passengers are urged to keep
updated with the airline’s official website and Facebook page, ticket offices
or customers’ hotline.
Noul, the fifth storm to enter the East Sea this year, is gaining strength, heading to the central region of Vietnam and is expected to make landfall on September 18.
The storm is forecast to directly affect central provinces, especially Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue and Da Nang with wind speeds of 90-100 km per hour and sometimes hitting 135 km per hour.
Heavy rain will blanket the central provinces from September 17 afternoon to September 18 night, bringing high risks of flash flood and landslides in the central region./.