Airlines serve over 1.5 mln passengers during Lunar New Year 2024
Airlines in the country served more than 1.5 million passengers, including 748,600 international and 762,400 domestic, during the recent Lunar New Year 2024 from February 8-14, the Vietnam Aviation Administration (VAA) has reported.
Air passengers and cargo during the period expanded by 11% year on year, it said, adding that although the domestic market saw a downward trend of 13.2%, the international market flourished at 54%.
Cargo transportation also showed a similar trend, with the growth of the total market accounting for 7.3%. The domestic market decreased by 11% but, on the contrary, the international market increased by 10.5%.
During the reviewed period, the number of takeoffs and landings at airports across the country reached 14,500, a contract of 0.7% year on year.
The total transport volume of Vietnam’s airlines landed up at more than 1.1 million passengers, a fall of 2.7%, and more than 2,800 tonnes of cargo, an increase of 16.7% over the same period in 2023.
