Two direct international flights connecting the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Bangkok (Thailand) will begin operating in the second quarter this year.
Can Tho (VNA) - Two direct internationalflights connecting the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)and Bangkok (Thailand) will begin operating in the second quarter this year.
The information was released at a meeting onFebruary 22 to discuss measures to promote the Can Tho Airport held by the city’sPeople’s Committee.
Le Tien Dung, director of the city’s TransportDepartment said both routes will be operated by Malaysian budget airlineAirAsia.
The route connectingCan Tho City and Kuala Lumpur will be served by four flights a week, and the CanTho – Bangkok (Thailand) route will have three flights weekly.
The new flights areexpected to attract more tourists from ASEAN-member countries as well as fromIndia and Australia as AirAsia has many connecting flight routes.
Meanwhile, low cost airlineVietjet Air will open four domestic services connecting Can Tho and thenorthern city of Hai Phong, Vinh (N♕ghe An province) and Tho Xuan (Thanh Hoaprovince) in the central region, and Da Lat in the Central Highlands.
Besides, the new airline Bamboo Airway will also operate one flight each day between Can Tho and Hanoi.
The Can Thointernational airport, which was put into operation in 2011, has a capacity of3 million passengers per year. However, it is operating at only under halfcapacity, with a throughput of 815,000 passengers in 2018.
Vice Chairman of CanTho People’s Committee Truong Quang Hoai Nam required ꧒local departments andagencies to take the initiative in cooperating with airlines to promote🤪 thecity as a tourist destination. He particularly instructed the TransportDepartment to push forward the opening of new air routes to and from Can ThoAirport.-VNA
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