Nghe An launches direct flight route Vinh - Bangkok

On the morning of January 22, under the chairmanship of Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien, the Provincial People's Committee held a working session on opening a direct flight route Vinh - Bangkok.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien gave a speech assigning tasks to relevant departments and branches to deploy the opening of the Vinh - Bangkok flight route. Photo: Thu Huyen

At the meeting, representatives of relevant agencies discussed plans to effectively exploit the Vinh - Bangkok flight route to serve the travel, tourism, visiting relatives, and trade exchange needs of people in the North Central region with Thailand, and to develop the economy and society. Some issues regarding time, tour prices, etc. were also mentioned.

The representative of Vietnam Transport Tourism and Marketing Joint Stock Company requested to support Vietravel in arranging a reception desk, check-in procedures, and the location of the International Terminal counter. Confirm the acceptance of the International Terminal for official use; confirm the exact flight time because currently there is only the flight date, no flight script time, event schedule, etc.

Leaders of the Department of Transport spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thu Huyen

Vinh Airport Company said: Currently, the unit is focusing on completing the construction of the International Passenger Terminal and installing equipment to serve international flights at Vinh Airport; accepting a number of items, submitting to the Civil Aviation Authority for licensing, announcing Vinh Airport as an international airport on the occasion of the inauguration of the International Passenger Terminal. At the same time, preparing conditions for human resources, machinery, and equipment to serve international flight operations to operate and put the terminal into operation.

A representative of Vietravel Company spoke and requested support with necessary conditions to organize the flight. Photo: Thu Huyen

After listening to the opinions of relevant departments, branches and units, in his concluding remarks at the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien emphasized: The opening and effective exploitation of the Vinh - Bangkok flight route is an important premise for opening other flights, creating favorable conditions for attracting investment, tourism and socio-economic development of Nghe An province in particular and the North Central region in general; and is a bridge between Uncle Ho's homeland and major cities and centers in the country and the region, playing a very important role in the development of Nghe An province and the region.

Passengers wait to check in at Vinh International Airport. Photo: Thu Huyen

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien pledged that the province will take action to fill the first flight; assigning tasks to relevant agencies to prepare necessary conditions for trial operation on January 31, putting into official operation on February 23, 2019 (January 19 of the lunar calendar), with an expected flight time of about 11 hours.

Currently, many projects are investing in Hemaraj and VSIP industrial parks, and without these routes, it will be very difficult for investors as well as the need to develop tourism when passengers have to take connecting flights. Therefore, it is necessary to continue researching to successfully organize flights and maintain them for a long time, moving towards opening regular flights rather than just stopping at charter flights.