Nearly 120 million USD to be used to build 4 aircraft maintenance workshops at Long Thanh airport
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has recently submitted to the Ministry of Transport for appraisal and approval four investment projects on building and operating aircraft maintenance workshops at Long Thanh International Airport with a total investment of more than 2.75 trillion VND (119.7 million USD).
An aircraft maintenance workshop - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has recentlysubmitted to the Ministry of Transport for appraisal and approval fourinvestment projects on building and operating aircraft maintenance workshops at Long Thanh International Airport with a total investment of more than 2.75 trillionVND (119.7 million USD).
The facilities all meet the standards of the CAAV, the USFederal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Union Aviation SafetyAgency (EASA).
Each project is expected to be constructed within 24 monthsfrom the effective date of the project contract, and the estimated operation time is 25 years from the date of completion of the project.
Located 40km to the east of Ho Chi Minh City, Long ThanhInternational Airport in Dong Nai province is expected to relieve overloadingat the southern metropolis’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport, which iscurrently the largest in Vietnam.
Covering more than 5,580 hectares, it will spread across sixcommunes in Long Thanh district. Its construction has been divided into threephases.
In the first phase, a runway and one passenger terminalalong with other supporting facilities will be built to serve 25 millionpassengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo each year. This phase is scheduledto be completed in 2025.
The project started in 2021. Once fully completed by 2050,the airport will be able to handle 100 million passengers and 5 million tonnesof cargo annually./.
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An aircraft maintenance workshop - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) 
