Nearly VND12 trillion invested in upgrading three airports

Thursday, 20/07/2017 10:43
The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) will invest some VND12 trillion in increasing the operational capacity of three airports: Cat Bi, Phu Bai and Chu Lai.

Chu Lai international airport

Mr. Lai Xuan Thanh, President of ACV, said that the investment aims to meet the growth demand of the three airports by 2025.

Accordingly, the Cat Bi International Airport in the northern city of Hai Phong will have a parallel runway system fully built, in synchronous connection with the new runway in 2018, with an expected capital of VND900 billion.

For the 2018-2021 period, it will be invested with VND2.7 trillion to build new take-off and landing runway, terminal and parking area for planes, with a capacity of 4-6 million passengers a year.

For the Chu Lai International Airport in the central province of Quang Nam, ACV plans to spend VND165 billion increasing the capacity of customs clearance to 1.5-1.8 million passengers a year.

For the next period from 2018 to 2021, the Corporation plans to invest VND2.5 trillion building new take-off and landing runway and VND3 trillion in developing terminal and parking area with a capacity of 5 million passengers a year.

The Phu Bai International Airport in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue will receive VND2.65 trillion to build a terminal with a capacity of 4 million passengers a year, a parallel runway and three more parking areas.

Mr. Thanh said ACV has proposed the Ministry of Transport approve the investment plan, soon consider and adopt the partial adjustment of the location of terminals at the Phu Bai and Chu Lai airports in line with the proposal of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

Basically, the projects use the existing capital of ACV. For VND2.5 trillion to build new take-off and landing runway at the Chu Lai Airport, ACV asked Quang Nam province to arrange the capital./.

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