Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City is facing serious congestion due to the number of people visiting for the Lunar New Year or Tet.

Tran Doan Mau, director of Southern Airports Authority, said that the airport has been estimated to serve up to 4.1 million passengers during the peak time of Tet Holiday occasion from January 30 to March 2 with nearly 26,300 flights.

He added that the airport will tighten control over the flight and conduct more flights at night.

Families are again being advised to reduce the number of people who come to the airport to welcome their relatives to mitigate the congestion.

Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air and Jetstar Pacific will raise the number of flights during Tet by 10-15% from a year earlier.

Airport authorities have worked with airlines to improve ground services to cope with congestion during the year’s biggest holiday in three weeks’ time. 

Besides people from HCM City, many from other surrounding provinces have visited the airport to welcome their relatives. 

Thousands wait without sleep as OVs return for Tet

Thousands wait without sleep as OVs return for Tet Thousands of people from Ho Chi Minh City and neighbouring provinces have been waiting at Tan Son Nhat airport to welcome their relatives living and working abroad as they return home for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet). Thousands of people were crowded at Tan Son Nhat Airport on the evening of February 5 to await their expatriate relatives who are returning home for Tet. They have a sleepless night as they stand and wait to be reunited with their relatives. The waiting areas are overcrowded with thousands of people anxious to see family members once again. Some people grow tired of standing and try to get comfortable as they wait all evening to the early morning of the next day. People are packed into the airport like sardines in a tin.

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