Leaders of Aviation Department: Be carefull when approving Sa Pa airport

Relating to Lao Cai People’s Committee proposed to build Sa Pa Airport with a total investment of nearly VND5,800 billion, Vo Huy Cuong, deputy director of Vietnam Airlines said that careful study To assess the necessity and effectiveness of this project.

Talking with VietnamFinance, Mr. Cuong said, Sapa airport should have a specific study on the impact of other types of transport, economic development orientation and especially trade investment tourism of the locality.

For example, in Korea, Taiwan airport number is not as much as our country because they have high speed road, high speed railway too convenient so all airlines of these two countries are now enhance the exploitation of international flights to Vietnam. The country’s existing airports are in very difficult conditions in terms of serving international flights to other countries.

Leaders of Aviation Department: Be carefull when approving Sa Pa airport

“Expectations for the construction of airports and airfields are justified because every province has the desire but the practical ability to promote its effectiveness must be carefully assessed. Therefore, the authorities have to study the potential and feasible assessment at home and abroad to decide whether investment is a state budget or socialization, “Cuong said. .

According to traffic experts, to convince investors, build airports, the State or investors will have to answer a series of questions as to where to source customers, the ability to grow customers how to develop the local economy, how to connect with the localities, the impact of the type of road, railway …

“Civil aviation infrastructure is only feasible for airports, passenger terminals with high profitability, and local airports are difficult to do because investors do not see it. We see the ability to recover capital when the number of guests is small, the possibility of growth is limited, “said the expert.

It should be added that the proposed airport of Lao Cai province is not new and unexpected because some time ago, some transport experts expressed views, Vietnam was identified as ” airport inflation “when many provinces and cities want to have an airport.

Refusing public opinion to say that Vietnam has “airport syndrome”, Cuong said that this is probably saying by the movement because our aviation infrastructure is being exploited at the highest level and needs Expansion, upgrading existing as Tan Son Nhat, Noi Bai, Da Nang, Cam Ranh, Phu Quoc …

According to Mr. Cuong, our country will have more Van Don airport and this is a testament to the existence of economic efficiency based on the factors that investors have to learn, analyze the market, Local economic development, connecting regions in and outside the country …

Previously, Lao Cai People’s Committee proposed, will build Sa Pa Airport in Cam Cam commune, Bao Yen district with a civil airport level 4C, with a total investment of nearly 5,800 billion.

It is expected that the project will be phased in two phases. Phase 1 (by 2020) will invest VND 4,750 billion (including site clearance costs for the whole project) to build a 4C airport capacity of 560,000 passengers a year and 600 tons of cargo a year. 2 positions of aircraft, can operate the A320, A321 and the equivalent. Then, the second phase (by 2030) will invest more VND1.033 billion upgraded to reach a capacity of 1,585,000 passengers / year and 2,880 tons of cargo / year.

Lao Cai will propose investment plans in the form of socialization, in which, in the first phase, Lao Cai will call for investment combined with support from the local budget of the area (including leveling fill space, clearance and resettlement) with a total budget of more than VND2.800 billion.

In this project, Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation shall study the investment in flight management items with a total expenditure of around VND 160 billion; Meanwhile, the Vietnam Airports Corporation will invest in the civil aviation zone with a total budget of more than VND1.7 trillion, and phase II will be deployed when resources and demands are met.

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