Principles of use of airway according to Decree No. 125/2015/NĐ-CP on the flight activity management of Vietnam’s Government

According to the Decree No. 125/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, 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).

Principles of use of airway are specified as follows:

- The international airway is used for international flights and domestic flights. The domestic airway is used for domestic flights.

- 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 No. 125/2015/NĐ-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.

Concurrently, setup, modification, cancellation and announcement of airway are as follows:

- The Ministry of Transport shall coordinate with the Ministry of Defense to develop the scheme for setup and cancellation of airway; recommend the modification of area airlift plan for the international airway to ICAO.

- On the basis of the scheme specified in Paragraph 1, the Ministry of Defense shall request the Prime Minister to decide the setup or cancellation of the airway.

- The Ministry of Transport shall define and modify the detailed parameters of airways which have been set up on the basis of the consent of the Ministry of Defense.

- The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall announce the detailed parameters of airways which have been set up and modified and the cancellation of airway in the aeronautical information publication (AIP) of Vietnam.

View more details at the Decree No. 125/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from January 26, 2016.

Thuy Tram

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