Noi Bai airport’s upgraded runway ready for operation
The upgrade of runway 1B at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi will be put into operation by 0:00 on December 31 to meet the peak travel demand for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Hanoi (VNA) - The upgrade of runway 1B at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi willbe put into operation by 0:00 on December 31 to meet the peak travel demand for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Noi Bai is one of the two biggest airports which play an important role inboosting economic development and ensuring defence security.
According to Director of the Thang Long ManagementBoard project under the Ministry of Transport Duong Viet Roan, all workload of the runway 1B upgrade was completed onDecember 27.
Work on checking and taking over the 3,000-metre taxiway and other facilities is being sped up, Roan said.
The management board had a working session with representatives from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) onDecember 28 to discuss plans of aircraft operation and other issues.
The runway’s operation duration is expectedto be at least 30 years, and even up to 50 years if the periodic maintenance workis carried out regularly in line with regulations, he noted.
The CAAV has granted flight permits to domestic airlines to servethe peak days during the New Year festival and the Year of the Ox (lunar NewYear) in accordance with the capacity of Noi Bai International Airport.
The two-phase project to repair the Noi Bai runway kicked start on June 29 with an estimated cost of about 2.03 trillionVND (over 88 million USD). The second phase is scheduled to be completed by December31, 2021./.
The Ministry of Transport (MoT) on September 19 sent a document proposing the Ministry of Finance to allocate nearly 4.5 trillion VND (193.5 million USD) for upgrading two key runways in the country’s largest international airports.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on August 25 required the project management and contractors to ensure the quality, progress and safety of a project on upgrading a runway of Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged the Transport Ministry to direct contractors to finish the upgrade of runways at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat international airports and put them into operation before the year-end - the peak travel season.
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A corner of Noi Bai airport (Photo: VNA) 
