Vietnam’s international passengers forecast to reach 43.5 mln in 2024

HANOI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — The international passengers transported from/to Vietnam is likely to reach 43.5 million this year, up 33.4 percent compared to 2023 and 4.3 percent compared to 2019, Vietnam News Agency reported Monday, citing the Civil Aviation Agency of Vietnam.
The increasingly bustling international aviation markets with many airlines opening new routes to large-scale markets will be a major driving force for the growth of the country’s aviation market in the coming time, said the agency.
The international flight network has restored to pre-COVID-19 levels and continued to expand to new markets in Central Asia, India, and Australia.
According to the agency, in the first half of 2024, domestic carriers transported 9 million international passengers, an increase of 28 percent over the same period 2023, accounting for 44 percent of the international passenger transport market share.
Vietnam welcomed nearly 10 million international visitors in the first seven months of this year, said the country’s General Statistics Office. ■