Wattay International Airport

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The airport of Vientiane ( Wattay International Airport, IATA code: VTE, ICAO code: VLVT ) is the international airport of Vientiane, capital of Laos.

General

Wattay International Airport consists of a paved runway (3,000 x 45 m ) and a domestic terminal and a (newer) international terminal. In addition to the airport from Vientiane, three other international airports are in the country:

  • The Pakse Airport in the south,
  • The Savannakhet Airport and
  • The Luang Prabang airport.

Airlines that serve the airport

The following flights (February 2009):

International flights

  • Bangkok Suvarnabhumi: Thai Airways has two connections and Lao Airlines also two daily.
  • Hanoi ( Vietnam): Lao Airlines flies three times weekly and Vietnam Airlines daily.
  • Kuala Lumpur ( Malaysia): Air Asia three times a week.
  • Phnom Penh (Cambodia): daily Vietnam Airlines.
  • Siem Reap ( Cambodia): three times a week with Lao Airlines (via Pakse ).
  • Chiang Mai ( Thailand): Lao Airlines daily (via Luang Prabang ).
  • Kunming ( Yunnan, China) China Eastern Airlines Lao Airlines daily and also daily.
  • Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon ) daily with Vietnam Airlines via Phnom Penh.

Domestic connections

Lao Airlines flies 7 domestic destinations in: three times daily to Luang Prabang; two to four times a week to Ban Houayxay, Oudomxay, Luang Namtha and Xieng Khuang daily ( IATA code XKH ), Savannakhet and Pakse.

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