Cam Ranh strained by rising tide of Chinese passengers
VOV.VN - A lot of people are traveling through Cam Ranh International Airport – more than ever before – and it is beginning to morph into something it was not designed to handle and was never intended to become.
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In the past few months the airport has welcomed more than 1.8 million passengers, well beyond its designed capacity of 1.5 million passengers per year. |
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It’s all due to a dramatic increase in the number of Chinese passengers traveling to Khanh Hoa Province, said airport officials. |
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It has put the squeeze on baggage handling, parking, security and simply managing passenger flow, said the officials. |
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The officials said they have revised the estimated airport traffic for the year up to four million. |
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| The airport’s predicament reflects a looming problem in Vietnam aviation. |
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Significantly more investment is needed in airport expansion to alleviate congested airports in order for them to be able to meet demand by 2020. |
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