Flights to Southern provinces suspended as COVID-19 spreads

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Flights to Southern provinces suspended as COVID-19 spreads.

According to the recent dispatch of CAVV, all flights to Ca Mau and Rach Gia airports will be suspended from July 19 to August 1, and the number of flights to several southern provinces will be cut. 

The two airports are in the southern provinces of Ca Mau and Kien Giang. Civil aviation authorities said Sunday that the Hanoi-Phu Quoc and Hanoi-Can Tho routes will have one flight a day.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will still run a daily flight linking Phu Quoc and Hanoi and another on Can Tho-Hanoi route.

Bamboo Airways will operate Phu Quoc-Hanoi and Can Tho – Hanoi flights only on July 19, each one trip per day, in place of Vietnam Airlines. 

The 13 flights a day on the Ho Chi Minh City-Hanoi route will still be maintained to meet the demand of many people trying to return to Hanoi from Ho Chi Minh City.

However, airlines are running Ho Chi Minh City – Hanoi flights with a daily capacity of 1,700 seats per trip. Accordingly, Vietnam Airlines will supply no more than 700 seats per trip each day, Vietjet and Bamboo Airways each 400 seats, and Pacific Airlines 200 seats. 

Each carrier could offer 1-2 daily flights on Ho Chi Minh City – Da Nang/Quy Nhon/Cam Ranh/Buon Ma Thuot routes.

There will be no limitation in the number of flights carrying cargo. The suspension of flights is due to last till August 1. All passengers must show documents certifying they test negative for SARS-CoV-2 as requested by the Health Ministry.