Local aviation market sees strong recovery

Local aviation market sees strong recovery.

The aviation market in Việt Nam is vibrant and recovering with the number of international visitors increasing five-fold, according to experts.

According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV), in April, Việt Nam’s airports handled 6.6 million passengers, down 14.3 percent compared to the same time last year but the number of foreign visitors reached more than 230,000 in April, an impressive increase of 502 percent over the same period last year when COVID-19 was developing in a complex fashion.

CAAV said Vietnamese airlines transported 3.28 million passengers, including 80,000 foreigners.

Compared to the same period last year, the number of international passengers choosing services of Vietnamese airlines rose 214.7 percent, while the number of domestic passengers dropped 18.2 percent.

As for cargo transport, in April, 140,700 tonnes of cargo were transported through Việt Nam’s airports, up 18.4 percent year on year. Of this, 27,000 tonnes were transported by domestic airlines.

International shipping reached 15.5 thousand tonnes, up 64.3 percent and domestic transportation reached 11.5 thousand tonnes, down 38.2 percent.

In April, passenger and cargo transport through Việt Nam’s airports still decreased slightly compared to the same period last year, but still marked an amazing recovery compared to the closure time.

Besides, international passenger and freight transport witnessed a remarkable growth while domestic passenger and cargo transportation experienced a significant decline.

Earlier this week the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines announced to increase its flight frequency on eight air routes linking Việt Nam with Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) starting May 15.

Thus, three routes to the RoK will be resumed from June 1.

Routes connecting Hà Nội and HCM City with Japan’s Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya each will see up to two new flights per week while flights from/to Đà Nẵng and Tokyo will take to the skies again from July 1.