The Phu Quoc International Airport in the southernmost province of Kien
Giang will be put into operation tomorrow, December 2, according to local
authorities.
Yesterday the Government Office
issued a document stating that Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to the
Transport Minsitry’s proposal to open the new airport in Duong To commune, Phu
Quoc Island District and shout down the current Phu Quoc Airport in Duong Dong
Town.
The same day a group of experts
led by Transport Deputy Minister Pham Quy Tieu inspected the works on the new
airport and agreed that the facility would be put into operation on December 2,
a day later than scheduled.
Huynh Quang Hung, deputy chairman
of the district People’s Committee, told the group that all works and
installations that serve flight operations and passenger terminals have been
completed.
An inaugural ceremony for the
airport, which has been built since 2008 with a total investment of VND16.2
trillion (US$771 million), will be held on December 15, Hung said.
The 900-ha airport has a runway
of 3,000 meter long and 45 meter wide, capable of receiving Boeing 777, Boeing
747- 400, and similar aircraft.
According to the provincial
People’s Committee, the airport will play a vital role in the Phu Quoc island’s
social and economic development as well as in the overall development of Kien
Giang and the Mekong River Delta.
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