HCMC – The Ministry of Transport has issued a decision allowing the Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh Province to resume operations starting March 3, after nearly one month of suspension to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The airport has implemented multiple restriction measures and raised the Covid-19 alert level higher than the common standards to ensure the safety of passengers and the airport’s staff members, reported Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper.
Earlier, the ministry decided to shut down the airport in 15 days from January 29 to February 13 to combat Covid-19, as an airport security staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. The ministry later extended the airport’s closure to February 21 and then to March 3.
On February 28, Nguyen Xuan Ky, secretary of the Quang Ninh Province Party Committee, affirmed that the coronavirus cluster at the airport was completely brought under control.
Accordingly, local carriers later announced their plans to resume air services on routes linked to the Van Don airport.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will operate one weekly flight on the HCMC-Van Don route on Wednesdays between March 3 and 17 and plans to increase it to three flights per week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from March 18 to December 31 this year. The flights will depart from HCMC at 1 p.m. and from Van Don at 3:45 p.m.
Low-cost carrier Vietjet announced that it will resume air services on the route with four weekly flights this month.
