On the first day of Tet, the airport served 748 flights with a total of 98,000 passengers. Passenger numbers on the second day of Tet reached 120,000, including 16,800 domestic passengers and 15,000 foreigners.
Tan Son Nhat International Airport
A representative from the Southern Airports Authority said that travel demand had sharply increased after the pandemic.
It is common to see congestion at Tan Son Nhat International Airport ahead of Tet as thousands of people flocked to the airport to welcome relatives returning from abroad.
Construction on Tan Son Nhat International Airport Terminal 3 project is underway. Once put into operation in 2024, the new terminal is expected to help ease the overload for the airport at peak times.