The first option is to subsidise any losses carriers incur in the first year of flying to Can Tho. The second is to pay for unoccupied seats on flights which are less than 70 per cent full and the last is to foot the bill for the first 30 per cent of seats on flights.
Can Tho Airport is a gateway to the southern Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. Opened in 2011, the facility has struggled to attract airlines and, when it does, to keep them. Travel firms in the region say this is because Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport is only 180kms away and most people prefer to go there because it has better connections.
Can Tho Airport primarily serves domestic airlines flying to in-country destinations. 12GO ASIA offers convenience when flying international to or from Can Tho. We manage this with combination flight-bus tickets from locations including Bangkok, Singapore and Penang.
Vietnam airport offers cash incentives to attract airlines
News in Asia
Management authorities at Vietnam’s Can Tho Airport say they are prepared to subsidise losses for airlines starting new routes. The team have put forward a proposal to the national Civil Aviation Authority which offers three different means of incentivising airlines to add the airport to their networks.