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| Passengers are seen at Can Tho airport after taking AirAsia’s first Bangkok-Can Tho flight on May 2. Newly launched air routes have increased the number of air passengers to Can Tho – PHOTO: HUYNH KIM |
CAN THO - The number of air passengers to Can Tho City
has risen by some 25% over the past month thanks to recently launched air
routes linking the city with other destinations, said Nguyen Minh Tuan, deputy
director of the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Tuan told the Saigon Times
that the launch of local and international air routes, especially the Can
Tho-Kuala Lumpur and Can Tho-Bangkok routes operated by AirAsia, is expected to
promote trading and tourism activities between the Mekong Delta city and other
parts of the country as well as foreign countries.
Laddawan Meesupwatana, group head of
Product, Indochina Market at AirAsia, said in a press release that the Can
Tho-Bangkok service, with three weekly flights and reasonable fares, will spur
travels between Bangkok and the Mekong Delta.
The launch of the Can Tho-Bangkok
route followed the success of the Can Tho-Kuala Lumpur, which was launched in
early April, she said.
Kenny, a Thai national who was among
the 76 passengers of AirAsia’s inaugural flight on the Can Tho-Bangkok route
yesterday afternoon, May 2, told the paper that this was the first time he had
visited Can Tho, adding that he would spend two weeks exploring the city.
Aside from the rising number of air
passengers, the new air routes are expected to help Can Tho and the Mekong
Delta attract further foreign investment, explained the city's vice chairman,
Duong Tan Hien.
The city has already mapped out a
plan to set aside 300 hectares of land along Vo Van Kiet Street, near Can Tho
airport, to invite investors to develop an aviation logistics facility, Hien
told the paper.
Further, two more air routes linking
Can Tho with destinations in South Korea and Japan are slated for launch by the
end of the year, Hien added.
Other local airlines, such as Vietjet and Bamboo
Airways, have been operating new routes linking Can Tho with other popular
destinations in the country since last month.
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