Vietnamese aviation predicted to transport over 80 million passengers next year

Passengers check in for their flights at Nội Bài International Airport. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — The aviation industry is predicted to experience growth in passenger transport volume next year, reaching 80.3 million passengers, a 7.1 per cent increase compared to this year’s figures.

In this forecast, domestic passengers are estimated at 38.5 million, a 10.5 per cent decrease compared to 2023, while international passengers are projected at 41.8 million, a 30.6 per cent increase from 2023.

Statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam show that in 2023, the total passenger transport market is expected to reach approximately 74 million passengers, a 34.5 per cent increase over 2022 but a 7.4 per cent decrease from 2019. 

Of this, international transport is estimated at 32 million passengers, 1.7 times higher than 2022 and 77 per cent compared to 2019; domestic transport is projected at 42 million passengers, a 3 per cent decrease against 2022 but a 12 per cent increase compared to 2019.

The total passenger throughput through airports in 2023 is estimated at 113.9 million,  up 15.5 per cent against the same period from last year. 

Of the figure, international passenger volume is predicted to surge by 170.6 per cent, reaching 32.7 million, while domestic arrivals fell by 6.1 per cent to 81.2 million on-year.

Hồ Minh Tấn, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, assessed that the international flight network is gradually recovering and expanding. 

Vietnamese and foreign airlines have fully restored flights to traditional markets and expanded operations to new markets in Central Asia, such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Mongolia. 

Notably, despite certain constraints, flights to China and Russia have successfully resumed in the year 2023.

In addition, Vietnamese airlines have intensified operations on routes to the Indian market, transporting 920,000 passengers in 2023, nearly 15 times higher than in 2019 and the Australian market with 913,000 passengers in 2023, a 40 per cent increase compared to 2019.

Currently, some 63 foreign airlines and five Vietnamese carriers are exploiting the international market with 169 regular and charter routes linking 28 countries and territories in North America, Europe, China, East Asia, and Africa to popular Vietnamese destinations such as Hà Nội, Đà Nẵng, Hồ Chí Minh City, Cam Ranh, Phú Quốc and Đà Lạt.

The domestic flight network has been maintained and developed with 66 domestic routes connecting Hà Nội, HCM City and Đà Nẵng to 19 other local airports with more than 600 flights per day.

Apart from existing routes, in 2023, Vietnamese airlines also launched new routes such as Cần Thơ-Vân Đồn, Hà Nội-Cà Mau, and HCM City-Điện Biên. — VNS