Ha Noi-HCM City becomes world's fourth busiest domestic air routes in 2023

According to British aviation analysis company OAG, around 10.8 million passengers flew on the air route during October 2022-September 2023.

In 2023, the Ha Noi-HCMC route is estimated to transport more than 9 million passengers, accounting for 22 percent of total number.

There are total 43,000 flights on the route, accounting for 17.5 percent of total domestic flights, reported the Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV).

The busiest was Jeju-Seoul with 13.7 million passengers, followed by Sapporo New Chitose Apt-Tokyo with 11.9 million and Fukuoka – Tokyo with 11.2 million.

Viet Nam's aviation industry witness signs of strong recovery

The CAAV announced that Viet Nam's aviation industry has been witnessing signs of strong recovery.

Vietnamese airlines have carried 74 million passengers this year, up 34.5 percent from the previous year, equivalent to nearly 94 percent of pre-pandemic levels.

Of the figure, 32 million were foreign arrivals, an increase of 1.7 times against the previous year and equal to 77 percent of the figure recorded in 2019.

Meanwhile, during the year, the number of domestic passengers hit 42 million, down 3 percent compared to 2022 but up 12 percent in comparison with 2019.

In 2023, the total amount of freight carried in Viet Nam amounted to 1.1 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 9.3 percent.

Currently, there are 66 domestic routes connecting Ha Noi, HCMC, Da Nang with 19 other provinces and cities with more than 600 flights per day.

This year, airlines launched a number of new domestic air routes, connecting Can Tho with Van Don, Ha Noi with Ca Mau and HCMC with Dien Bien.

Airlines restores int'l routes on high travel demand

The international air routes continue to maintain its recovery momentum with a higher level of recovery in the last months of the year, noted the CAAV.

Vietnamese and foreign airlines have completely restored routes to traditional markets and opened new routes to new markets in Central Asia such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Mongolia.

Currently, 63 foreign airlines and five Vietnamese airlines are operating 169 regular international routes and charter flights to 28 countries and territories in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa from/to Vietnamese destinations such as Ha Noi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, Cam Ranh, Phu Quoc, Hue, and Da Lat.

The number of passengers from the Northeast Asia market, including China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (China), was estimated at 17.1 million in 2023, making up 54 percent of the total number./.