Work starts on expanding aircraft apron at Da Nang Airport
The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) held a ground-breaking ceremony on October 19 for a project expanding an aircraft apron at the Da Nang International Airport in the central city of Da Nang.
Da Nang (VNA) – The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) held a ground-breaking ceremony on October 19 fora project expanding an aircraft apron at the Da Nang International Airport inthe central city of Da Nang.
Invested by ACV, the project has a total budget of around 420 billion VND and isto be completed within 11 months.
ACV said the project is necessary to meet growing demand at the airport and contributeto promoting socio-economic, tourism and investment development in Da Nang and nearbylocalities in the central and Central Highlands regions.
It is also hoped to contribute to implementing the recommendations of theMinistry of National Defence and the US Agency for International Development(USAID) on the environmental remediation of dioxin contamination at the airport.
The Da Nang International Airport is one of Vietnam’s three largest and an importantgateway for air transport in the central and Central Highlands regions. Itcatered to more than 98,700 flights last year with over 15.5 million passengersand more than 45,000 tonnes of cargo.
It is expected to meet the “4E”standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and be ableto welcome aircraft such as the Boeing B747, B777, and B787, and Airbus A320,A321, and A350.
By 2030, it is to handle up to 28 million passengers and 200,000 tonnes of cargoeach year.
ACV is currently managing, investing in, and operating 22 airportsnationwide, including nine international airports. Passenger numbers and cargo stood at over 116 million and 1.5 million tonnes, respectively,last year.
Thecorporation is focusing on promoting its investment projects, especially keyprojects at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City, Noi Bai InternationalAirport in Hanoi, and Phu Bai International Airport in the central city of Hue./.
Over the past 25 years, the central city of Da Nang has worked hard to contribute to the Vietnam-US cooperation through various joint projects, one of which was the dioxin detoxification in Da Nang airport.
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At the ground-breaking ceremony (Photo: VNA) 
