Plan to divide exploitation between Long Thanh and Tan Son Nhat airports

According to this plan, Long Thanh International Airport will operate 80% of international flights and 10% of domestic flights, Tan Son Nhat International Airport will operate 20% of international flights and 90% of domestic flights.

Photo caption — Passenger Terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Photo: VNA

Specifically, for international flight operations, it applies to all international flights of 1,000 km or more; other flights are at the discretion of the airlines.

For domestic exploitation, according to the choice of Vietnamese airlines. Long Thanh International Airport is expected to transport 10-12% of the output on the Hanoi /Da Nang - Ho Chi Minh City route of Vietnamese airlines.

Regarding the exploitation plan of Tan Son Nhat International Airport: For international flight exploitation, it applies to all international flights under 1,000 km (Tan Son Nhat International Airport plans to exploit markets between Ho Chi Minh City and Thailand, Cambodia and Laos with a proportion of 15-17% of total international exploitation to the Ho Chi Minh City area).

At Tan Son Nhat International Airport, domestic operations are at the discretion of Vietnamese airlines.

The State proactively coordinates and determines the ratio of international and domestic exploitation at each port in each period; the division criteria will be reviewed after the first 5 years of actual exploitation.

According to the Feasibility Study Report of the Long Thanh International Airport Construction Investment Project Phase 1 approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 1777/QD-TTg dated November 11, 2020, the exploitation plan of Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Long Thanh International Airport was determined according to the model of a pair of international airports operating simultaneously, the State proactively coordinates and determines the ratio of international - domestic exploitation at each port in each period.

To meet the mission requirements, ensure quality operation and exploitation, and promote the project's goals and tasks, the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Construction (formerly the Ministry of Transport) to establish a Working Group to prepare for the exploitation of Long Thanh International Airport. On December 13, 2024, the Ministry of Construction established a Steering Committee to prepare for the exploitation of Long Thanh International Airport.

Recently, Vietnam Airports Corporation (ACV) has proactively selected international consultants, Incheon Airport Joint Venture (IAC Consultants), to develop a management and operation plan to ensure the goals and promote the effectiveness of the Project's investment.

IAC consultants have studied two options and recommended that ACV report to the Steering Committee to study and choose the option of transferring all regular international flights from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Long Thanh International Airport.

This plan aims to ensure convenience in management, exploitation, and optimization of resources, ensuring the long-term goal of developing Long Thanh International Airport into a regional transit airport, competing with major airports in the world.

Based on ACV's recommendations, the Ministry of Construction has directed the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam and ACV to research, evaluate, and refer to the actual organization and operation of airport pairs according to the Government's goals, plans for organization, management and operation, infrastructure capacity, services, trade, and conversion roadmap, etc.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam and ACV have agreed to report to the Ministry of Construction on the plan to divide the exploitation between Tan Son Nhat International Airport and Long Thanh International Airport in accordance with the approved objectives of the Project. At the same time, a detailed roadmap for the transfer of exploitation must be determined to ensure the effective promotion of investment and the approved investment objectives of the Project.

The Ministry of Construction will continue to organize assessments, proactively coordinate and determine the appropriate international - domestic exploitation ratio at each airport in each period to effectively organize the exploitation of Long Thanh International Airport and Tan Son Nhat International Airport during the operation process.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/kinh-te/phuong-an-phan-chia-khai-thac-giua-san-bay-long-thanh-va-tan-son-nhat-20251003111308793.htm