Airports throughout the country have served more than 50.5 millionpassengers and handled 905,000 tonnes of goods in 2014, year-on-yearincreases of 14.7 percent and 18 percent, respectively, said Lai XuanThanh, Head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Good sign was seen in the domestic market with estimated totalpassengers of 17.5 million, rising 20.5 percent against last year. Therate of delayed and canceled flights declined sharply and accounted for19.3 percent of total flights for the year.
Vietnam’saviation sector has coordinated with relevant parties to operate morethan 542,000 flights throughout the year without any accident.
On the other hand, the number of incidents relating to aviationsafety increased by a staggering 177 percent compared to 2013. One ofthe most serious incidents was the first-ever 35-minute power outage atthe Ho Chi Minh City Area Control Centre (ACC/HCM), which disabled theradar system controlling air traffic and affected at least 54 flightsthat were within the city’s flight information region (FIR) on November20.
In the coming time, the sector plans to boost itsimplementation of a national programme on air traffic safety in a bid toaddress the current problems.-VNA
Good sign was seen in the domestic market with estimated totalpassengers of 17.5 million, rising 20.5 percent against last year. Therate of delayed and canceled flights declined sharply and accounted for19.3 percent of total flights for the year.
Vietnam’saviation sector has coordinated with relevant parties to operate morethan 542,000 flights throughout the year without any accident.
On the other hand, the number of incidents relating to aviationsafety increased by a staggering 177 percent compared to 2013. One ofthe most serious incidents was the first-ever 35-minute power outage atthe Ho Chi Minh City Area Control Centre (ACC/HCM), which disabled theradar system controlling air traffic and affected at least 54 flightsthat were within the city’s flight information region (FIR) on November20.
In the coming time, the sector plans to boost itsimplementation of a national programme on air traffic safety in a bid toaddress the current problems.-VNA
