Ca Mau Airport is set to resume commercial flights on November 29, after being closed for over a year due to renovations.
The reopening will shorten the distance between Vietnam’s southernmost region and major economic hubs. It is also expected to support growth in Ca Mau province and help it achieve double-digit economic expansion.
Pham Thanh Lam, Director of the airport, said tickets for Vietnam Airlines’ Ca Mau–Ho Chi Minh City route will go on sale for flights starting on November 29.
Daily flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Ca Mau are scheduled from 12:50 to 13:55, with the return leg running from 14:50 to 15:50. Both routes will use Airbus A321 aircraft. Fares, including ticketing service fees, will range from 924,000 to 964,000 VND.
The Ca Mau provincial People’s Committee is working with the Airports Corporation of Vietnam and Ca Mau Airport to add other domestic destinations. Lam said the Ca Mau–Hanoi route is a priority.
Lam called the airport’s expansion and upgrade one of the province’s key infrastructure projects. Contractors and construction units are working around the clock to meet the late November deadline.
Nguyen Hoang Giang, Director of Flight Management Engineering Co. Ltd. under the Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation, said the company conducted eight test flights at altitudes from 1,000 feet to flight level FL300, following prescribed flight profiles.
Flight inspection and calibration with an actual aircraft showed that all of Ca Mau’s secondary radar stations met surveillance requirements for the airspace over the country’s southernmost region.
The flight crew conducted additional tests and calibration procedures to evaluate radar performance. Giang said the results met the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s recommended practices.
Nguyen Le Tu, Director of the management board for the airport expansion and upgrade project, said contractors had deployed more than 400 workers and hundreds of machines and vehicles to speed up runway construction.
The terminal package is more than 95% complete. The remaining work focuses on finishing sound and lighting systems and outdoor areas.
Under the 2021–2030 master plan, Ca Mau Airport is classified as a 4C facility with an annual capacity of 1 million passengers and 1,000 tonnes of cargo. It is designed to handle Code C aircraft, including the Airbus A320 and A321 or equivalents.
By 2050, capacity is slated to rise to 3 million passengers and 3,000 tonnes of cargo a year, while the 4C classification will remain unchanged.
Sources: VietnamPlus / Vietnam News Agency
