CAAV proposes solutions to ease overload at Tan Son Nhat airport

CAAV proposes solutions to ease overload at Tan Son Nhat airport

CAAV proposes solutions to ease overload at Tan Son Nhat airport

Le Anh

HCMC – The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed solutions to ease the serious overload at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in a correspondence just forwarded to the Ministry of Transport.

For short-term solutions in 2017-2018, the CAAV proposed speeding up the construction of the northern apron for completion in the second or third quarter next year instead of the first quarter of 2019. According to the correspondence, effective measures are urgently needed to improve the capacity of the nation’s busiest airport with average annual growth of 10-15% in passengers.

Besides, the area for parking planes overnight on nearly 20 hectares of military-controlled land should be developed right this month. The project should be divided into phases, completed within six to eight months and put into use in the first quarter next year.

In addition, the authority suggested that carriers should be allowed to use apron areas and check-in desks at terminals in a flexible manner, and this should start right in this quarter.

The authority proposed maximizing landing and takeoff slots to facilitate carriers in peak hours.

Regarding long-term solutions, the CAAV proposed building terminal T4 with a capacity of 15-20 million passengers a year, and a road traffic system connecting Cong Hoa, Hoang Hoa Tham streets and an internal road to the terminal.

The domestic passenger terminal T1 is planned to be upgraded with one more floor to serve passengers better. These solutions should be achieved before 2020.

In related news, Nguyen Dinh Trung, chairman of Hung Thinh Real Estate Business Investment Corporation, has sent the HCMC Department of Transport solutions to redirect traffic on roads leading to the airport.

The company proposed expanding Tran Quoc Hoan Street by removing the current road divider to create one more lane.

Phan Dinh Giot Street should be widened by 14 meters towards Hoang Van Thu Park including nine meters in the road surface and five meters in the sidewalk. The street will become two-way for vehicles traveling between the city center and the airport. Vehicles will not be allowed on Phan Thuc Duyen section passing through the park.

Hoang Van Thu Street is proposed to be widened by four meters to the park and become two-way. Tran Quoc Hoan Street section leading to Hoang Van Thu Street should be blocked.

Bui Xuan Cuong, director of the municipal Department of Transport, said the road divider on Tran Quoc Hoan Street has been removed and the department will implement other proposals if they are seen as feasible.

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