Tan Son Nhat Int'l Airport to see huge load on National Day holiday
Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City has prepared its operation plans to serve passengers, which is expected to sharply increase during the National Day holiday from September 1-4.
At Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City has prepared its operation plans to serve passengers, which is expected to sharply increase during the National Day holiday from September 1-4.
According to the airport’s management board, during peak days from August 31 to September 4, the airport will serve an average of 720 flights with 125,000 passengers per day, even 130,000 passengers per day.
The airport will closely coordinate with airlines and ground service units to update flight schedules, proactively arrange resources and equipment for ground service units.
It has also required airline representatives to be present at the counter/boarding gates to guide and provide information for passengers; and to handle delay and cancellation of flights.
Since August 26, the airport has reopened more gates of international terminals to serve both domestic and international flights.
Security procedures at the airport (Photo: VNA)
It has also piloted the airport collaborative decision making (ACDM) model, and a biometric authentication system for passengers who use electronic identity cards, contributing to easing congestion, significantly improving flight delays and cancellations.
During the peak period of the summer from June 1 to August 15, it served 56,195 flights with a total of over 9. 5 million passengers, up 3.76% and 6.67%, respectively, over the same period last year. Especially, the number of international visitors increased by 103%.
Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has decided to apply security control measures at level 1 at domestic airports and aviation service supply facilities during the National Day holiday.
It has asked the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to increase security staff and equipment serving the security control activities, avoiding congestions at airports, especially Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City and Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.
Domestic airlines are requested to deploy security forces to ensure the strict implementation of security regulations and procedures, and handle violations.
According to current regulations, when there is a high risk to aviation security, enhanced aviation security control measures are implemented at three levels from one to three.
𒉰 Level 1 measures are applied during important political and social events of the country or there is a complicated political security and social order situation./.
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At Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Photo: VNA) 
Security procedures at the airport (Photo: VNA) 
