Airlines adjust flight schedules due to Storm Vamco
Some Vietnamese airlines have decided to reschedule flights to/from the central region on November 14 and 15 as airports there will be closed due to Storm Vamco.
Hanoi (VNA) – SomeVietnamese airlines have decided to reschedule flights to/from the central regionon November 14 and 15 as airports there will be closed due to Storm Vamco.
Chu Lai Airport in Quang Nam provinceis going to shut down from 9am on November 14 to 10am on November 15, Da NangAirport in Da Nang city from 12:00 at noon on November 14 to 10am onNovember 15, Phu Bai Airport in Thua Thien-Hue province from 2pm on November 14to 10am on November 15, Dong Hoi Airport in Quang Binh from 7pm on November 14to 8pm on November 15, and Vinh Airport in Nghe An province from 6am to 8pm onNovember 15.
Vietnam Airlines will cancel certainflights to/from those airports on November 14, noting that it will arrangeflights to replace the cancelled ones later.
The national flag carrier andPacific Airlines, another member of the Vietnam Airlines Group, will alsoconduct several flights between one and 11 hours earlier than initially slatedon November 14.
Besides, Pacific Airlines isset to delay some flights between HCM City and Vinh Airport between four andnearly 14 hours on November 15.
The carriers recommendedpassengers planning to fly to/from the airports to be affected by Storm Vamcostay updated with weather forecasts and their announcements.
At 4am on November 14, Vamco’seye was on the southern area of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, at about 390kmto the east of the coast from Thua Thien-Hue to Da Nang and 510km to theeast-southeast of Quang Tri province. It sustained winds of up to 135-165km perhour, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
From 4am on November 14 to4am on November 15, the storm is predicted to move west-northwest at about 20kmper hour and gradually weaken. At 4am on November 15, its centre will be on theinshore areas from Quang Binh to Quang Ngai with strongest winds of 90-100kmper hour.
Between 4am on November 15 and 4pm on November 16, it will keepmoving west-northwest at some 15-20km per hour and hit the mainland areas fromHa Tinh to Quang Nam and abate into a tropical depression and then alow-pressure area./.
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Planes of some Vietnamese airlines (Photo: VNA) 
