Tet air travellers can expect to face delays as airlines boost the number of flights to meet demand.
Passenger numbers at Tan Son Nhat Airport to double over Tet
Nguyen Nam Tien, deputy director of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, said the airport would have to serve 47 flights per hour, exceeding its designed capacity of 35 flights, to meet current levels of demand.
"We can increase the number of flights to 38 per hour," Tien said.
The Airport Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) said that for 2015 Tan Son Nhat Airport served 26 million passengers, an increase of 18% on a year earlier and was overloaded on normal days.
The number of passenger during Tet is expected to be double that of normal days. The ACV has carried out measures to shorten turnaround time, including reorganising check-in counters area and streamlined security.
Danang Airport is working with Air Division 372 to borrow a military airfield to handle flight overloads.
