In the chilly morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year 2023, Danang city welcomed the first international tourists at Da Nang International Airport with joy, enthusiasm and the promise of a successful year of the city's tourism industry.
VZ964 flight operated by Thai Vietjet Air departed from Bangkok - Thailand and landed at Da Nang International Airport at 9:10 am on January 22, 2023. This first flight carrying more than 90 passengers arrived in Da Nang.
In addition to the dancing performance of lions and dragons imbued with Vietnamese traditional Tet culture, Da Nang International Airport in collaboration with Da Nang Department of Tourism organized more activities to welcome the new year such as: picking early spring buds, mascot activities and taking check-in photos.
and representative of units give gifts to three first international passengers.
Mr. Phan Kieu Hung - Deputy Director of Danang International Airport and representative of Da Nang Department of Tourism, Tourism Promotion Center and Thai VietJet Air were present at the airport early to welcome, give gifts and extend new-year wishes to passengers on the first flight in the year of the Rabbit 2023.
Thai VietJet Air, headquartered in Thailand, is a member company of Vietnam's Vietjet Air. The airline carried out its first commercial passenger flight from Bangkok to Da Nang in November 2014. In 2020, the airline ranked second in terms of aviation market share in Thailand, just behind Thai AirAsia.
The aviation industry in 2022 has restarted after the COVID-19 pandemic, however the number of international visitors to Da Nang International Airport is still limited, reaching only 17.7% over the same period in 2019.
Welcoming the Lunar New Year of Rabbit 2023, Da Nang International Airport in particular and Vietnam's aviation industry in general expect that the international passenger market will recover to the equivalent volume before the pandemic.
