Tan Son Nhat airport braces for Tet holiday's gridlock
HCM City and aviation authorities have taken measures to ensure security at Tan Son Nhat International Airport and ease congestion in and around it during the Tet (Lunar New Year) rush.
Long crowded queues of vehicles on Pham Van Dong street leading to Tan Son Nhat international airport in HCM City. (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - HCMCity and aviation authorities have taken measures to ensure security at Tan Son Nhat International Airport andease congestion in and around it during the Tet (Lunar New Year) rush.
The New Year falls on January 25 this year.
According to the TanSon Nhat Airport Authority, during themonth from January 10 to February 8, the airport expects to provide groundservices to over 41.2 million passengers, including 25.5 million domesticpassengers, an increase of 9.06 percent from last year.
The number of flights operated by domestic carriers during theperiod will rise by 5-7 percent to 840-850 a day.
On January 22 there will be 965 flights carrying 152,470passengers.
A Vietnam Airlines spokesman said the carrier would add 56 flightson seven domestic sectors from HCM City to HaiPhong, Thanh Hoa, Vinh, Da Nang, Hue, Quang Nam, and Phu Quoc to meet the rising demandduring Tet.
The surge in the number of passengers and relatives, especiallyof overseas Vietnamese returning home, usually causes traffic congestion on thesurrounding of the airport, with motorbike drivers in recent days having tonavigate through the spaces between the cars and coaches to get to Tan Son Nhat airport.
Radio channels and the official traffic information website ofthe HCM City constantly broadcast warnings to drivers to avoid the areas aroundthe airport if they could choose another road.
The city Department of Transport describes them as traffic“hotspots” during the Tet month, and a committeecomprising officials from various agencies has been set up to ensure trafficflows smoothly in the area.
The hotspots include the LangCha Ca roundabout, the Hoang Van Thu-Nguyen Van Troi-Phan Dinh Giot intersection and the Truong Son intersection.
The transport department has urged other agencies not to permitrepair works in the area between 6am and 10pm during the month except inspecial cases.
Inspectors from the department have been instructed to coordinatewith the traffic police force to penalise violators. Bus routes would be adjusted and more buses would ply to theairport during the month, the department added/.
Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City will add flights, check-in counters and enhance airport security during the upcoming Tet holiday (Lunar New Year), which falls on January 25.
Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City plans to serve more than 3.7 million passengers during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
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Long crowded queues of vehicles on Pham Van Dong street leading to Tan Son Nhat international airport in HCM City. (Source: VNA) 
