International terminal at Noi Bai Airport set for expansion
VOV.VN - The international terminal T2 of Noi Bai International Airport is set to be upgraded to meet passengers’ increasing travel demand in the coming years.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) is due to submit plans for the expansion project to the Ministry of Transport for approval in August, said a CAAV representative.
Under the proposal, Terminal T2 is able to accommodate 15 million passengers each year as opposed to 10 million at present.
The authorities are also keen on widening the airport apron by adding an additional 12 places to the current 24 places.
Terminal T2 was first put into operation in 2015 and has a designed capacity of 10 million passengers per year.
2019 witnessed the number of foreign arrivals to Terminal T2 exceed 11.4 million, meaning that the site was running over capacity.
The CAAV and ADPi Company of France signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Hanoi in 2019 detailing plans to expand Noi Bai Airport. Under the MoU, the airport, the biggest of its kind in northern Vietnam, will be upgraded to serve between 80 - 100 million domestic and international passengers by 2050.
