First, they will review the plan to expand the airport southward by the Ministry of Transport. For the second plan, they won't expand the airport but adjust the traffic routes inside the airport and improve the air traffic control unit.
The third plan is to expand the airport toward the golf course in the north with more terminals and runways. The airport will be able to serve 50 million passengers per year. The fourth plan is similar to the third, except that they will build even more runways to improve the airport capacity to 70-90 million passengers per year.
HCM City authorities previously asked the prime minister to provide special treatment to shorten the foreign consultant hiring process from 12 to six months. HCM City authorities will also attend the reviewing process with involved agencies. They hope to use of the golf course as part of the expansion.
According to the Department of Transport, they and other experts are reviewing all of the airport from the runway, plane parking lot to the current equipment and air traffic management ability.
The research will be completed in September and submitted to the prime minister.
Ministry suggests 4 Tan Son Nhat Airport expansion solutions
The airport is overcrowded during holidays while the routes leading to the airport also face traffic jams.
