According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, from April 20 to May 5, Ho Chi Minh City will be the center for many national activities. To serve the increased travel needs of delegates, working delegations and people, airlines have been required to increase flight frequency, especially on the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City route and key tourist routes.
This year's holiday, Vietnamese airlines plan to operate 7,536 flights (an average of 685 flights/day), an increase of 21% over the same period last year; providing about 1.5 million seats. Of which, the largest proportion is air routes to/from Ho Chi Minh City with 5,083 flights (average 462 flights/day). With this number of flights, Tan Son Nhat airport is expected to set a new record for the number of passengers served during the upcoming holiday. For the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City connecting route alone, airlines plan to operate 1,261 flights, an increase of 16%; provide 305,000 seats.
Previously, from April 17, April 20, Tan Son Nhat International Airport tried to exploit flights to/to Hanoi and Van Don of Vietnam Airlines at the new T3 station. Although it is still incomplete, operating at the new station has first go smoothly. The port has deployed the media, notifying passengers about flights transferred to T3 station. It is expected that by April 28, the entire domestic flight of Vietnam Airlines will complete the transition to the new terminal, except for the routes of Ho Chi Minh City - Con Dao, Rach Gia, Ca Mau continued to operate at T1 station.
Notably, Terminal T3 is piloting an electronic identification and biometric identification solution using VNeID, significantly shortening the time for procedures. Passengers with ready documents only take about 10 - 15 seconds to complete the inspection step, reducing the total time for procedures from 27 minutes to about 17 minutes.
Regarding coordination, the process of converting Vietnam Airlines to terminal T3 is taking place smoothly, contributing to stabilizing the operation of the new terminal and reducing the load on terminal T1. Tan Son Nhat International Airport requested Vietjet to urgently resolve issues related to land services after conversion to ensure stable operations during the peak holiday season.
According to the plan of Tan Son Nhat International Airport, after the peak of the April 30 and May 1 holidays, domestic flights of Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet will officially switch to Terminal T3. Bamboo Airways, Pacific Airlines, vasco and Vietravel Airlines continue to operate at Terminal T1.
