Can Tho air terminal inaugurated

[vivian]

A plane carrying Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and other Government leaders touched down a runway of the newly-built Can Tho air terminal at 10.30am on January 4, kick-starting a new air route between Hanoi and Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta region.

After three years of construction, the first phase of the terminal has been completed, with a 2,400m-long and 45m-wide runway capable of receiving big aircraft such as Airbus 320 & 321 and Boeing 737. With a total floor area of 2,400sq.m., the terminal can serve 400 passengers per hour and 400,000 passengers per year. Its ground control facilities meet international standards.

At the inauguration ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung praised the Southern Airports Corporation, Can Tho City and the construction workers for their great efforts to put the terminal into operation. He encouraged investors and contractors to continue with the second phase of the project to ensure that Can Tho International Airport will be completed and operational in 2010 as scheduled.

He asked Can Tho city to fully exploit the airport to develop its economy and serve as a gateway to other regions in the country as well as the world.

Once completed in 2010, the terminal will launch flights to Singapore, Thailand and Cambodia in Southeast Asia and Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan in Northeast Asia.

(Source: VOV)