Passengers traveling through Vinh international airport decreased by about 50%.

Due to the new outbreak of the epidemic, especially in Da Nang, the number of passengers passing through Vinh International Airport is currently decreasing quite sharply. Yesterday, July 30, there were 48 flights landing and taking off at the airport with nearly 8,000 passengers. Today, the number of passengers and flights is similar to July 30.

According to Vinh International Airport, currently, tourist routes such as Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Da Lat, and Can Tho have a large number of arriving passengers, but many passengers have given up their seats, down about 50%, with only about 100 passengers per flight.

As for the traditional Ho Chi Minh City and Buon Ma Thuot routes, the number of passengers remains stable.

Passengers check in at Vinh airport. Photo: Viet Phuong

At 12 noon on July 31, a large number of passengers were present at Vinh airport to fly to Saigon. It is known that today alone there were about 30 flights from Vinh to Saigon and vice versa. According to observations, most passengers wore masks and lined up in an orderly manner to quickly complete procedures with airline staff. All passengers had their body temperature measured and washed their hands with sanitizer. In addition, Vinh airport coordinated with the health quarantine agency, the airport authority and related units to arrange a temporary quarantine area to be ready to quarantine passengers with signs of suspected Covid-19 infection.

Passengers passing through Vinh International Airport are decreasing due to the impact of the epidemic. Photo: Viet Phuong

Previously, on the evening of July 27, the Ministry of Transport announced that flights to and from Da Nang were suspended; inter-provincial trains and buses would not be allowed to stop to pick up passengers for 15 days to prevent Covid-19, starting from 0:00 on July 28.

Ms. Phan Thi T - an official of an association in Vinh city said: last June, her agency planned a trip to Phu Quoc for its staff; flight tickets and accommodations were booked by the travel agency, and the group was expected to fly on August 10 to begin their vacation. However, due to the current complicated situation, the agency proactively canceled the Phu Quoc vacation plan.

“Although Phu Quoc has not had any suspected cases, the epidemic situation is unpredictable, so everyone agreed not to go anymore and wait for another time. Canceling the tour caused some economic damage and lost the deposit, but it was a forced choice. If we went, we didn’t know what would happen…” - Ms. T shared.

Mr. Nguyen Van Son - Head of Ground Management Department, Vinh International Airport said: Not only Da Nang tours have been canceled, but other tours in August and September have been canceled, even spreading to tourism programs to Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Hanoi, Da Lat, the Western provinces... Therefore, in the coming days, the number of passengers passing through Vinh airport is expected to continue to decrease.