Tan Son Nhat airport is expected to welcome more than 160,000 passengers on February 11

Tan Son Nhat Airport Operations Center has just announced the operating plan for February 11th (ie December 24th of the lunar calendar). Accordingly, the total number of flights expected to be operated during the day is up to 1,063 flights (including 527 departure and 536 arrival flights), 48 more than yesterday (February 10th).

The total number of passengers through the port today is expected to reach 160,559 passengers. Of which, the number of passengers traveling reached 101,716 people, mainly concentrated on domestic routes (more than 72,000 passengers). The number of arrivals also maintained at a high level with more than 56,000 people. This is considered a large pressure figure on the existing domestic and international terminal infrastructure in the context of a sharp increase in people's travel demand.

At this time, Terminal T3 plays the role of "sharing the fire" for the entire system. This is an urgent solution to solve the overload situation at Tan Son Nhat airport.

On February 11, Terminal T3 alone is expected to handle 448 flights (accounting for about 42% of the total number of flights in the whole port) and serve 63,302 passengers. Specifically, the new terminal will receive 220 departure flights with 43,750 passengers and 228 arrival flights with 19,552 passengers. The allocation of a large volume of flights and passengers to this new terminal is expected to help reduce congestion in check-in areas, security screening and luggage delivery conveyor belts, ensuring service quality during peak hours.

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