The airport will be upgraded from 4C to 4E standard of the International Civil Aviation Organization as part of the country’s airport planning, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).
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The Phan Thiet Airport is expected to open by 2020. Photo: baogiaothong.vn |
The upgrade will make the airport meet the requirements of flights using code E aircraft between Phan Thiet and Noi Bai in Hanoi, Van Don in Quang Ninh province and Cat Bi in Hai Phong city.
The airport upgrade will allow flights of high-end military aircraft.
The airport’s runway will be lengthened from 2,400 meters to 3,050 meters, and airplane parking lots will be expanded to contain two code E and four code C aircraft.
The size of the terminal will increase from 5,000 square meters to 19,200 square meters, serving 2 million passengers a year instead of 500,000 as previously planned.
The investment capital for the project will total VND 10.2 trillion (USD 456 million) from now to 2020, and VND 332 billion (USD 14.75 million) from 2020 to 2030.
Rang Dong JSC is the contractor for the civilian component of the plan, which is under the BOT (build-operate-transfer) form, according to CAAV.
The military component will be built under the BT (build-transfer) form by the Ministry of National Defense.
Construction on Phan Thiet airport began in 2015. It is expected to open by 2020.
Source: VNA