2.5 million passengers will travel by plane during Lunar New Year 2025

The aviation industry's passenger transport output during the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday increased compared to last year in terms of both international and domestic passengers.

Number of air passengers during Tet holiday increased by nearly 18%

According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, during the Lunar New Year holiday period of 2025 (from January 24 to February 2, from December 25 of the year of the Dragon to January 5 of the year of the Snake), the total passenger transport volume of the whole market will reach 2.5 million passengers (an increase of 17.8%).

Of which, international passenger transport reached 1.35 million passengers (up 23%). Domestic passenger transport reached 1.14 million passengers (up 12% over the same period in 2024).

The total number of passengers passing through airports nationwide during Tet reached about 3.6 million passengers.

Vietnamese airlines transported more than 1.67 million passengers and nearly 7,000 tons of cargo, up 12.8% and 4% respectively over the same period in 2024.

Of which, international transport reached more than 536 thousand passengers and more than 3.6 thousand tons of goods. Domestic transport reached more than 1.1 million passengers and 3.2 thousand tons of goods.

Passengers passing through airports nationwide also increased over the same period, approximately 3.6 million passengers (up 16% over the same period in 2024).

With key airports, Tan Son Nhat International Airport reached approximately 1.38 million passengers , Noi Bai International Airport reached nearly 900 thousand passengers. and Da Nang International Airport reached more than 381 thousand passengers.

In particular, during the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday period, Tan Son Nhat airport served from 824 to 970 takeoffs and landings/day, with an average of 138,000 passengers/day.

The peak day, a record, was January 24 (ie December 25, the last working day before Tet holiday), Tan Son Nhat airport operated 1,002 takeoffs and landings, with 152,000 passengers. This level of exploitation was higher than that of Lunar New Year 2020.

Increase trains, increase trips, optimize flight schedules

According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, during the peak period of the Lunar New Year, the agency monitored the situation of seat reservations, basic economy airfares, and recorded seat reservations on domestic routes to assess the demand for seat reservations of passengers on the routes. At the same time, it considered and proposed airlines to add flights on routes with high seat reservations in accordance with operating capacity.

During this period, the total number of aircraft added by Vietnamese airlines was 15, bringing the total number of aircraft in operation to 212.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has increased the slot coordination parameters at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat International Airports to 46 or 48 flights/hour.

This is to facilitate airlines to plan operations early, supplement capacity, increase night flights, as well as aviation agencies and units to arrange resources to serve additional flights, night flights, passengers to book early, and access many suitable ticket prices.

Outside To expand night operations at local airlines , the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has directed airlines to optimize aircraft schedules and increase flights at night ( Vietnam Airlines arranged 1,500 flights, Vietjet 1,590 flights, Bamboo 260 flights).

Operating night flights helps reduce congestion at airports, limit delays and cancellations, meet the increasing demand for air transport, and help aviation service providers reasonably arrange resources to serve flights.

Notably, at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, free buses have been arranged to transport passengers from the terminal to/from bus stations.

In general, the transport output during the Lunar New Year 2025 increased to a record high, especially at Tan Son Nhat airport. However, units in the industry have built plans for exploitation, service, and added more human resources, aircraft, and equipment to ensure good service to people's travel needs.

Forecasting the situation, operating conditions, coordination, cooperation, and handling of work between departments must ensure smoothness, efficiency, timely information, and full implementation of responsibilities to passengers according to regulations, as well as ensuring absolute safety, avoiding public frustration.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/25-trieu-khach-di-may-bay-dip-tet-nguyen-dan-2025-192250203113823332.htm