On the 4th of Tet (January 25), Tan Son Nhat International Airport welcomed more than 137,000 passengers with nearly 900 flights. This number of visitors increased the highest since before Tet and 3 years in the same period.
Inside, total guests There are more than 120,000 turns of passengers passing through domestic stations, more than 34,000 turns of international passengers. The peak time frame for visitors to land during the day is around 10am; 6pm; 9pm; 22h; 0h; 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. on January 26 (the 5th of the Lunar New Year).
Previously, on the first day of Tet, Tan Son Nhat Airport welcomed more than 98,000 passengers with more than 700 flights, including more than 62,000 departures and more than 35,000 arrivals. Particularly, the total number of passengers passing through the international terminal reached nearly 31,000.
| Passengers take flight in the early morning at Tan Son Nhat airport. Photo: Duy Hieu. |
On the 2nd day, there were nearly 120,000 arrivals and departures, and on the 3rd day of the Lunar New Year (March 24), there were more than 125,000 passengers with more than 700 flights. In the first 4 days of the year, Tan Son Nhat served more than 480,000 passengers.
Talking to Zing, a representative of the Southern Airport Authority said that the number of tourists returning to Ho Chi Minh City since the peak before Tet has increased sharply since the 2nd of Tet. It is forecasted that at the peak after Tet, from January 29 (January 8), the number of visitors will continue to increase to more than 144,000.
“The number of visitors during the Lunar New Year 2023 is forecast to exceed twice as much as the Lunar New Year 2022,” said a representative of the Port Authority.
According to him, the peak service work before Tet at Tan Son Nhat is well maintained because this year the airport applies solutions to improve operating capacity, increase the frequency of night flights, and coordinate well with international airports. other major economies such as Noi Bai and Da Nang.
He also said that unlike every year, the units have prepared very carefully for the deployment at the airport operation control center, so they handle very quickly the inadequacies in the service of picking up passengers, doing procedures. customs, security screening, baggage carousel.
In addition, Tan Son Nhat also first deployed the domestic FIDS flight information search system and public transport map through tia.vietnamairport.vn to help passengers actively look up flight information. during the procedure.
To prepare for the next peak, the airport also cooperates with taxi companies to increase the number of vehicles and have a coordination plan to relieve passengers.