Phu Bai International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Phú Bài International Airport
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IATA = HUI
ICAO = VVPB
type = Public
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operator = Middle Airport Authority
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location = Hue
elevation-f = 49
elevation-m = 15
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r1-number = 09/27
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Phú Bài International Airport airport codes|HUI|VVPB is located just south of the central city of Huế, former capital of Vietnam.

Destinations

*Vietnam Airlines (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)

News

* October 30, 2005: Phú Bài Airport officially welcomed its first international flight since it was allowed to receive international flights by Government in 2002. The charter flight operated by Austrian Airlines carried Austrian tourists from Luang Prabang, Laos.

* May 24, 2007: Changi Airports International (CAI) today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the People’s Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province for the development of Phu Bai-Hue International Airport. This MOU was signed as part of the Vietnamese government’s launch of a tourism master plan to develop Thua Thien Hue Province as the next international tourism destination of Vietnam.

The MOU was signed by Mr. Nguyen Xuan Ly, Chairman of People’s Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province and Mr. Chow Kok Fong, Chief Executive Officer of CAI in Vietnam. The event was witnessed by officials from the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, CAAV. [http://www.cai.sg/press/press_release.htm#24May2007]

See also

* List of airports in Vietnam

External links

*WAD|VVPB
* [http://www.guidevietnam.com/flight/vietnam-airlines/hue.html Hue Domestic flights]
* [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Hue-HUI/city.html Destinations from Huế]