Airlines to increase flights departing from Da Nang: CAAV
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) will soon grant permission to airlines to maximise number of flights leaving the central city of Da Nang amid new developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, head of the CAAV Dinh Viet Thang has said.
A plane of Bamboo Airways (Illustrative photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) will soon grant permission toairlines to maximise number of flights leaving the central city🏅 of Da Nang amidnew developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, head of the CAAV Dinh Viet Thang hassaid.
As one of the mostfavoured tourist attractions of the country, Da Nang has been receiving a largenumber of tourists after Vietnam lifted social distancing measures and bolstereddomestic air travel. Given that the cityconfirmed new infections in the community, the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control has proposed restricting vehicles of publictransport from/to Da Nang and only allowing two flights per day from domesticairports. Once approved by thePrime Minister, the proposal will take effect at the stroke of July 27, Thangsaid. The Da Nang InternationalAirport is temporarily closed to international flights that carry foreign expertsand Vietnamese citizens in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Vietnam’s newestcarrier Bamboo Airways said it will increase number of flights departing fromDa Nang on July 26-27 to meet passengers’ demand. It also planned to addfour flights linking Da Nang with Hanoi and HCM City on July 26. Passengers areadvised to update latest information on the airline’s website and officialfanpage./.
The Da Nang Airport in the central city of the same name is temporarily closed to international flights that carry overseas experts and Vietnamese in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, said a representative of the Ministry of Transport in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency.
Vietnam reported another imported COVID-19 case on July 25 afternoon, bringing the national total to 417, according to the National Steering Committee on Prevention and Control of the pandemic.
Another case of COVID-19 was recorded in the central city of Da Nang, raising the total of coronavirus infections in the country to 418, said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on July 26 morning.
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A plane of Bamboo Airways (Illustrative photo: VNA) 
