Designed to look like the famous Hue Citadel in Hue Town, the former imperial capital of Vietnam, the new terminal is the second of Phu Bai airport, which lies in Xuan Thuy Town of Thua Thien-Hue Province, 15 km from Hue.
The project spans 22,380 square meters and costs VND2.25 trillion ($97.4 million), funded by the state-run Airports Corporation of Vietnam.
The terminal has two floors.
The first floor will have a lobby, a baggage claim area, a VIP waiting room, a lost and found room, as well as customs and security zones.
The second floor will have check-in counters, exit and entry counters, and waiting areas.
Check-in counters at the terminal, which will be used to serve passengers on both domestic and international flights.
Security control area.
Work started on the terminal in December 2019. At that time, it was scheduled to be finished in late 2021, but the pandemic caused delays.
The waiting area.
The T2 terminal is set to serve 5 million passengers per year, including a million international passengers. Capacity is expected to climb to 9 million passengers by 2030.
Once it is put into use, Phu Bai’s current terminal, which has the capacity to serve 1.5 million passengers per year, will be for cargo only.
An overpass to the terminal.
Phu Bai Airport was built by the French in 1940 for both military and civilian purposes.
In 2013, ACV spent VND700 billion upgrading the airport to allow it to serve larger planes such as the Airbus A320 and A321 models and other aircraft of equivalent sizes.
Vietnam's former imperial capital of Hue, now the capital of Thua Thien Hue Province, was the seat of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802 - 1945), Vietnam's last royal family, and is home to five UNESCO heritage sites.
The province received 2.05 million visitors last year, including 260,000 foreigners. In the pre-pandemic year of 2019, it received 4.81 million visitors including 2.18 million foreigners.
