Test Flights Begin At Long Thanh Airport Amid Ongoing Construction

Long Thanh Airport construction site

An aerial view of the construction site for the new Long Thanh airport taken Nov. 15, 2023.

Credit: DUC ANH / AFP / Getty Images
Test flights to validate air traffic procedures at Long Thanh International Airport have begun, even as construction of the massive facility continues. Under the supervision of the Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM), a Beechcraft King Air 350ER is conducting a series of flight...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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