VOV.VN - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has approved the Noi Bai International Airport’s proposal to pilot check-in via facial recognition technology using identification (ID) cards carrying microchips for certain domestic flights.

VOV.VN - At least eight domestic flights to the city of Dien Bien in the north-western region have been cancelled or forced to turn around due to thick smoke from straw burning.

Air tickets on many domestic flight routes have nearly been sold out before the Lunar New Year holiday, Tet, with seat occupancy reaching 90-100%, as travel demand picks up, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

Domestic airlines have planned to increase the number of seats to 6.7 million from 5.1 million to meet the travel demand ahead of and during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet), according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

The number of air passengers reached nearly 12 million in July, including over 10.5 million on domestic flights, an increase of 40.3% compared to July 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak, said the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

VOV.VN - The number of passengers passing through Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi has reached a record number, exceeding the airport’s design capacity.

Vietnam’s domestic aviation market is recovering at the fastest pace in the world with a growth rate of 123% compared to the same period of 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.

As many as 40.7 million passengers, including 1.8 million foreigners, have gone through airports across the country so far this year, representing year-on-year rises of 56.8% and 904.6%, respectively, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

VOV.VN - Airlines have moved to lower their prices on domestic flights for the upcoming Reunification Day on April 30 and International Labor Day on May 1 as a way of increasing more flights to popular destinations in a bid to meet growing travel demand on special occasions.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will offer special discounts for all domestic flights and international flights to a number of countries departing between March 20 and December 31, 2022.