In early November 2023, the Ministry of Planning and Investment sent an official dispatch to the ministries of: National Defense; Public Security; Finance; Transport; Science and Technology; Natural Resources and Environment; Culture, Sports and Tourism; and the People's Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province to seek appraisal opinions on the investment project to build Dat Do airport.
This is a project proposed by Ho Tram Project Company Limited, expected to be implemented in Loc An and Lang Dai communes, Dat Do district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province. The airport is located about 8.5km east of Dat Do district center.
According to the proposal of Ho Tram Company Limited, Dat Do airport is invested to ensure the exploitation of A320, A321 aircraft and equivalent with synchronously built technical infrastructure works; airport class is 4C (according to ICAO) and military airport level II; navigation class is CAT I (according to ICAO).
The project has a total investment capital of approximately VND 3,305,868 billion; the project's operating period is 70 years.
Commenting on the project appraisal in Document 230/BGTVT-KHDT, dated January 9, 2024, signed by Deputy Minister of Transport Le Anh Tuan, requested a review of the list of aviation business enterprises.
According to the Ministry of Transport, currently, there are 6 companies that have been granted aviation business licenses by the Ministry of Transport.
They are Viet Star Dual-Purpose Aviation Joint Stock Company (VSA), Green Planet Aviation Joint Stock Company (HTX), Vietnam Helicopter Corporation (VNH), Hai Au Aviation Joint Stock Company (HAA), Blue Sky Aviation Joint Stock Company (BTX) and Sun Air Company Limited (SUN).
Thus, Ho Tram Company Limited is not on the list of enterprises granted an aviation business license by the Ministry of Transport.
The Ministry of Transport added that in the Master Plan for the development of the national airport and seaport system for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, approved by the Prime Minister on June 7, 2023, the scope of research includes the system of regular civil airports.
Meanwhile, Dat Do Airport is identified as a specialized ground airport model according to Decision No. 3114/QD-BQP dated October 10, 2020 of the Ministry of National Defense with the investment goal of exploiting general aviation. Therefore, regarding the content of assessing the conformity with the planning, the Ministry of Transport requested the Ministry of Planning and Investment to synthesize the appraisal opinions of the Ministry of National Defense.
Regarding the forecast data for general aviation demand, the Ministry of Transport said: The project dossier does not include statistics on operations, the number of general aviation flights in Vietnam and the current status of aircraft types operating general aviation in recent years. Therefore, the Ministry of Transport does not have enough basis to assess the demand for general aviation operations using A321 aircraft and equivalent or lower.
Regarding flight route forecasts, according to the Ministry of Transport, the general aviation development investment orientation approved by the Prime Minister on June 7, 2023 has determined to "limit general aviation operations at airports with high take-off and landing density".
Regarding the preliminary total investment, the Ministry of Transport said that the Project dossier only provided a total investment of VND 3,305 billion, but did not include detailed calculations. Therefore, the Ministry of Transport assessed that there was not enough basis to provide comments and requested the consulting unit to supplement the explanation of the calculation method and detailed estimates.
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