CAAV, ADPi to jointly study upgrading Noi Bai airport

The study is part of the cooperation agreement between France and Vietnam in the field of civil aviation and includes cooperation in distributing aircraft, airport equipment and facilities as well as airport safety services to Vietnamese air carriers.

In October last year, the French government approved an aid package totaling over 564,000 euros (or US$620,000) and assigned ADPi to work with CAAV to devise the master plan for submission to the Ministry of Transport for approval.

The master plan was then approved by the ministry and suited the aviation transportation master plan approved by the prime minister. Under the master plan, the airport would be able to handle 80 million to 100 million passengers annually by 2050 and would be ready within 12 months.

Noi Bai airport’s passenger terminals have encountered a serious passenger overload since last year. Many facilities at the airport, such as the runways, taxiways and aircraft parking spaces, are in dire need of upgrade.

Regarding ADPi, it is a French airport architecture and technical design consulting firm under the management of Aeroports de Paris Group. It specializes in managing and designing airport complex facilities such as terminals, control towers and airport maintenance centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul and Dubai.

The French firm entered Vietnam in 2000 and has since got involved in many strategic projects in the domestic aviation sector, including a project to expand Tan Son Nhat airport and conduct a feasibility study for the Long Thanh International Airport project.