According to the plan, this afternoon, December 15, Long Thanh airport will conduct a test technical flight from Tan Son Nhat airport to Long Thanh with Boeing 787 aircraft, preparing for the first official flight to Long Thanh airport on December 19.
Accordingly, a code E aircraft (expected to be a Boeing 787, the largest aircraft in Vietnam at present) will fly from Tan Son Nhat airport to Long Thanh airport and then return to Tan Son Nhat.
Technical flights will only have flight crews and technical staff, not carrying passengers or goods.
Vietnam Airlines will conduct technical flights.
On December 19, Long Thanh airport will welcome the first official flight. It is expected that 3 aircraft of the 3 airlines departing from Noi Bai airport will land at Long Thanh airport one by one, then return to Noi Bai.
Mr. Nguyen Tien Viet - Deputy General Director in charge of Vietnam Airports Corporation (ACV) said that up to now, the airport's connecting transport infrastructure has been completed, the work of planting trees and completing the landscape has been basically completed.
All preparations along with equipment are ready, ensuring the first flight taking place on December 19, Mr. Viet said.
