What is international airway? Can international airway be used for domestic flights in Vietnam?
Vietnam: What is international airway?
According to Clause 5, Article 3, Decree 125/2015/ND-CP explains international airways as follows:
Interpretation of terms
In this Decree, the following terms are construed as follows:
1. Safe runway program is the measures to ensure the absolute safety in operation and use of runway, taxiway and apron to reduce the number and seriousness of the cases of intrusion into the runway, skidding off the runway, wrong use of runway and other incidents on the surface of flight operation areas.
2. Control tower at aerodrome is the facility established to control the activities in the movement area of aircraft at the aerodrome and flight activities in the aerodrome airspace.
3. Flight path serving the joint aviation activities is the area or one part of area with restricted height, width and is established in the form of a corridor where all or a part of air traffic services for the joint aviation flight activities is provided and is outside the flight areas in service of joint aviation activities.
4. Domestic airway is the one which lies entirely within the airspace of Vietnam.
5. International airway is the one which lies in the international air route of the Asia - Pacific region and has at least one point outside the flight information region of Vietnam and one point inside the airspace of Vietnam or in the flight information region on international waters under the management of Vietnam.
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Thus, international airway is the one which lies in the international air route of the Asia - Pacific region and has at least one point outside the flight information region of Vietnam and one point inside the airspace of Vietnam or in the flight information region on international waters under the management of Vietnam.
What is international airway? Can international airway be used for domestic flights in Vietnam?
Vietnam: What are the basis of setting up international airway?
Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 5 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP, regulations on domestic airway are as follows:
Airway
1. The airway consists of the international airway and domestic airway which are set up on the basis of:
a) Needs for international aviation exchange;
b) Requirements for domestic flight operation;
c) Requirements and capacity to provide the flight assurance services, aviation security and safety assurance;
d) Requirements and capacity to manage and protect the airspace, national defense and security;
dd) Conformity with the development planning of Vietnamese civil aviation industry and the airlift plan of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
2. The domestic airway is denoted by the letters H, J, Q, T, V, Y, Z, W and numbered in Arabic numerals.
3. The international airway is denoted by the letters A, B, G, L, M, N, P, R and numbered in Arabic numerals.
Thus, the airway consists of the international airway and domestic airway.
The airway consists of the international airway and domestic airway which are set up on the basis of:
- Needs for international aviation exchange;
- Requirements for domestic flight operation;
- Requirements and capacity to provide the flight assurance services, aviation security and safety assurance;
- Requirements and capacity to manage and protect the airspace, national defense and security;
- Conformity with the development planning of Vietnamese civil aviation industry and the airlift plan of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
The international airway is denoted by the letters A, B, G, L, M, N, P, R and numbered in Arabic numerals.
Can international airway be used for domestic flights in Vietnam?
According to Clause 1, Article 7, Decree 125/2015/ND-CP stipulates the principles of use of airway as follows:
Principles of use of airway.
1. The international airway is used for international flights and domestic flights. The domestic airway is used for domestic flights.
2. The Ministry of Transport shall decide the frequent use of domestic airway for the international flights in case of need after having the consent from the Ministry of Defense and immediately inform the Ministry of Public Security.
3. The flight permit issuing body specified in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, Article 14 of this Decree shall permit the international flights to use the domestic airway on the basis of consent of the Department of Operations and the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.
According to the above regulations, the international airway is used for international flights and domestic flights.
Note:
+ The Ministry of Transport shall decide the frequent use of domestic airway for the international flights in case of need after having the consent from the Ministry of Defense and immediately inform the Ministry of Public Security.
+ The flight permit issuing body specified in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, Article 14 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP shall permit the international flights to use the domestic airway on the basis of consent of the Department of Operations and the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.
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