The increasingly bustling international aviation markets with many airlines opening new routes to large-scale markets will be a major driving force for the growth of the entire aviation market in the coming time, according to the Civil Aviation Agency of Vietnam (CAAV).
From January 31 to February 7, foreign airlines conducted 36 regular and irregular flights transporting 2,055 Vietnamese passengers from Taiwan (China), Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan and the Middle East and Turkey back home.
Airlines are now entitled to deny passengers without e-health declarations and those who fail to follow health regulations, Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang has said.
Ten international airlines have started selling tickets to Thailand and the first group of special tourists is set to land in Bangkok on October 20, the Transport Ministry of Thailand said.
The number of airline passengers hit 58.7 million in the first 10 months of this year, a rise of 13.6 percent year-on-year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
Long Thanh International Airport is expected to take on 85 percent of international flights running through Tan San Nhat Airport, including those operated by the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and foreign airlines, according to the Ministry of Transport.
Airports across the country served 55.41 million passengers in the period from January to July, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
