The Middle Airports Authority (MAA) has pledged to launch a project to upgrade and expand the Phu Bai International Airport in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in the second quarter of 2019, after having handed over nearly 46 hectares of cleared land to the project.
A view of Phu Bai International Airport (Photo: VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The Middle AirportsAuthority (MAA) has pledged to launch a project to upgrade and expand the PhuBai International Airport in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in thesecond quarter of 2019, after having handed over nearly 46 hectares of clearedland to the project.
According to the MAA - the project’s investor, the lasthousehold in the project site has committed to move out before April 30.
The project has a total investment of 2.2 trillion VND (946million USD), raising its serving capacity to about 5 million passengers peryear.
Another terminal will be built with an area of 16,500 squaremetres, along with eight new aprons.
Currently, the airport has a capacity of serving 1.5 millionpassengers per year, but in 2018 it had to serve nearly 2 million, with anaverage growth of 15 percent per year.
Under the airport’s planning to 2020 with a vision to 2030, thesecond terminal was supposed to be constructed in 2015 and the third in 2018 toserve 5 million passengers per year and 2,000 passengers per hour in peak time.In 2020, the current terminal will be used to handle cargos.-VNA
Terminal T1 of Phu Bai International Airport in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue will be upgraded to serve 5 million passengers per year, which is to prepare for the forecast surge of passengers that this port of entry will handle in the next several years.
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A view of Phu Bai International Airport (Photo: VNA) 
