Tan Son Nhat International Airport
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The Tan Son Nhat International Airport is Vietnam's largest international airport. It is located in Ho Chi Minh City ( Thành Pho Hồ Chí Minh ) in southern Vietnam. Its IATA code SGN was derived from the former name of Saigon. 2010 wrapped the airport from about 18 million passengers. That will be about 250 % more than in 2005.
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History
The airport of Tan Son Nhat has its origins in the early 1930s, when the French colonial government a small airport built with unpaved airstrip, called Tan Son Nhut Airfield after the nearby village of Tan Son Nhat and Tan Son Nhut. Through the U.S. foreign aid mid-1956 they built a runway of 2190 m length; it was the international airport of South Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, the Tan Son Nhut Air Base was an important approach point for both the United States and for the South Vietnamese Air Force ( VNAF ). Before 1975, the airport of Tan Son Nhat one of the busiest aircraft bases was worldwide.
On December 9, 2004 United Airlines was the first U.S. airline that flew to Vietnam after the fall of Saigon. UA -869 (Boeing 747-400 ) landed at Ho Chi Minh City, as an extension of their previous route San Francisco - Hong Kong.
Airlines
The airport serves as Jetstar Pacific operational base. He also is a hub of Vietnam Airlines and Air VietJet
The airport is served, among others, the following airlines:
- Aeroflot
- Air Astana
- Air China
- Air France
- Air Japan
- AirAsia
- All Nippon Airways
- Asiana Airlines
- Cambodia Angkor Air
- Cathay Pacific
- Cebu Pacific
- China Airlines
- China Eastern
- China Southern Airlines
- Emirates
- Etihad Airways
- EVA Air
- Finnair
- Hong Kong Airlines
- Japan Airlines
- Jet Airways
- Jetstar Asia Airways
- Jetstar Pacific
- Korean Air
- Lion Air
- Malaysia Airlines
- Philippine Airlines
- Qatar Airways
- Singapore Airlines
- Thai AirAsia
- Thai Airways
- Vietnam Airlines
- VietJet Air
Objectives
Home
- Buon Ma Thuot
- Cà Mau
- Chu Lai
- Côn Đạo
- Da Lạt
- Da Nang
- Dong Tac
- Haiphong
- Hanoi
- Hue
- Nha Trang
- Phú Quốc
- Pleiku
- Quy Nhon
- Thanh Hoa
- Vinh
Foreign countries
- Abu Dhabi
- Bangkok
- Busan
- Doha
- Dubai
- Frankfurt
- Guangzhou
- Helsinki ( seasonally )
- Hong Kong
- Istanbul
- Jakarta
- Kaohsiung
- Kuala Lumpur
- Manila
- Melbourne
- Moscow
- Nagoya
- Nanning
- Osaka
- Pakse
- Paris
- Peking
- Phnom Penh
- Seoul
- San Francisco
- Shanghai
- Siem Reap
- Singapore
- Sydney
- Taichung
- Taipei
- Tokyo
Air freight connections
- Air Contractors: Hong Kong
- Air France Cargo: Paris -Charles de Gaulle
- Asiana Cargo: Seoul -Incheon
- Cardig Air: Jakarta
- Cargo Italia: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Hong Kong, Milan -Malpensa
- Cargolux: Luxembourg
- FedEx Express
- China Airlines Cargo: Taipei -Taoyuan
- Hong Kong Airlines Cargo: Hong Kong
- Korean Air Cargo: Seoul -Incheon
- Qantas Freight: Shanghai Pudong, Sydney
- Shanghai Airlines Cargo: Shanghai Pudong
- Tri - MG Intra Asia Airlines: Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi, Phnom Penh
The new international terminal
The new international terminal was built by a consortium of four Japanese contractors ( KTOM ) since 2005. The invested capital for this terminal is approximately 260 million U.S. dollars, funded by the ODA of Japan ( ODA). Opened in August 2008, four -story terminal has an area of 100,000 square meters and is equipped with eight passenger boarding bridges and modern facilities. The capacity is between 8 and 10 million international passengers per year; the older terminal now operated exclusively domestic flights.
Major new airport under construction
The peri-urban of completely rebuilding the airport capacity is exhausted in the foreseeable future for the rapidly growing international air traffic, a new major airport construction is already underway. The master plan was approved in April 2006, the site is located in Long Thanh District, Dong Nai Province, about 50 kilometers east of Ho Chi Minh City. The Long Thanh International Airport is on an area of 50 square kilometers, four runways have ( 4000 x 60 meters), and the large aircraft Airbus A380 can be dispatched.
The project is a modular manner and gradually expanded from an initial 20 million passengers a year to 100 million. The cargo capacity is expected to reach 5 million tons a year once; so that would be Long Thanh International Airport one of the most important airports in the entire Southeast Asian region.
Upon final completion in 2020 exclusively domestic flights take place from the old airport.
Incidents
- On April 4, 1975 during the U.S. evacuation operation baby lift ended the first transport of a C5 Galaxy in disaster. 64 km away from Saigon failed three out of eight clamping bolt of the rear hatch. It was followed by an explosive decompression of the aircraft. The plane was barely controllable by the damage and had to return to Tan Son Nhut. Removed during the crash landing in a rice field 3 km from the airport 138 people died. Of these, 127 were children. The survivors were mainly in the upper deck of the Galaxy, while the passengers, almost all perished in the lower deck.