PM Dung asked the Ministry of Transportation (MOT) to collect ideas of relevant ministries and agencies for planning the upgrade from now until 2030 and the following years in accordance with legal regulations.
Vinh Airport will also be required to be added to the international airport network’s planning in the national airport system.
The approval is not only significant to the socio-economic development of Nghe An province, but will also boost socio-economic development of the northern central region.
The MOT approved a master plan of Vinh Airport in 2006 and several parts of the plan were amended in 2011. The airport is forecasted to serve 2.5 million passengers per year with seven aircraft parking positions by 2025 and seven million passengers per year by 2030.
In 2014, the airport welcomed 1.25 million passengers and it reached an average growth rate of 43.89% for the past 13 years, the highest growth rate among airports in the country.
To gain approval, the Nghe An provincial People’s Committee, the transportation sector and the Airports Corporation of Vietnam invested to upgrade and expand many parts of the airport to serve such large aircrafts as A320, A321, ATR72 or equivalents.
