Nearly VND250 bln to upgrade Noi Bai International Airport

VGP – Up to VND244 billion will be invested to upgrade Terminal 1 (domestic terminal) of Noi Bai International Airport from July 11 with the aim of serving 15 million passengers per year by 2018.

July 05, 2017 11:05 AM GMT+7

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The project is expected to be completed by March 2018.

The upgrade will include improving stairway toward the aircraft, check-in counters, gate check, baggage carousel and other sectors.

Terminal T1 was inaugurated in 2001 with a design capacity of serving 6 million passengers per year.

The extended Terminal T1 was put into operation in 2013.The project, called Hall E, connected to Hall A of the current T1 Terminal and is able to handle three million passengers each year.

The Terminal T1 and the Hall E saw an annual number of 12 million passengers in 2015.

By Thuy Dung